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Chart Show 5-24

Posted at 9:00 PM on May 24, 2012 by Mark Wheat (2 Comments)
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The Lumineers are back to Number One for a second week, as they wrap up their
US tour and announce some European gigs with Civil Wars. Here's a video version at
KEXP in Seattle. The Shins made a big surge with their tix up for grabs.../ remember:
If you have tix to the original show at The Brick you have to get them swapped for the
Orpheum Theater show on June 1st. Tried the old cabin in the woods idea for this vid.


Three other new entries, as we lost FAK, to the HOF, Brandi Carlile,
Kimbra and Mayer Hawthorne, including Metric who we will have for a very
special performance June 4th.

Alabama Shakes are inducted if they hold on one more week, and if you can hold on...
I'll review the album as our CD of next week and we'll hear more tracks from this debut.

Hot Chip have out done themselves lyric-wise for me on their new "Night and Day";

"I don't got no Abba. I don't play no gabba. I like Zap not Zappa. So please quit your

Jibber Jabber!"        (Maybe that's too much of an inside joke for DJs?!?)

If you don't agree check out this new Daphni remix that leaves the best ones out!


 

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5/24/2012

The Current Chart Show

 

 

 

Artist

Song

1

2

8

The Lumineers

Ho Hey

2

1

7

Edward Sharpe and the MZ's

Man On Fire

3

4

3

Jack White

Sixteen Saltines

4

6

6

Of Monsters And Men

Mountain Sound

5

9

2

The Black Keys

Little Black Submarines

6

X

1

The Shins

Bait And Switch

7

3

11

Alabama Shakes

Hold On

8

8

9

Magnetic Fields

Andrew In Drag

9

7

5

Arctic Monkeys

R U Mine

10

10

5

Santigold

Disparate Youth

11

X

1

Beach House

Myth

12

12

5

Regina Spektor

All The Rowboats

13

16

3

Silversun Pickups

Bloody Mary

14

18

2

Dr.Dog

Lonesome

15

11

7

Lana Del Rey

Blue Jeans

16

19

4

Father John Misty

Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings

17

14

3

Polica

Dark Star

18

17

3

Garbage

Blood For Poppies

19

X

1

Metric

Youth Without Youth

20

X

1

Hot Chip

Night And Day


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Chart Show 5-17

Posted at 9:00 PM on May 17, 2012 by Mark Wheat (0 Comments)
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A brand new Number One on the strength of people wanting to see the show at the

Outdoor Plaza of the Cabooze, May 25th. Alex is interviewed in Spin with the headline;

"We're not the Sixties ride at Disneyland"

 

Nice double bill! The #3 and 4 artists are touring together right now and playing the big

Sasquatch festival next weekend. Apparently one of the Twins is a big believer !?!?

After great reviews of the show at Target Center this week and to celebrate another

Black Keys new entry, they added more dates, making a double bill with Tegan & Sara!


Polica are headlining a big show in Philly tonight that you can hear live streamed by

WXPN. If you listen close enough you might hear our PD Jim McGuinn and MD David

Safar screaming in the crowd as it's part of a big radio convention they're at.


First Aid Kit are inducted into the Chart Hall of Fame. They're one of 9 female led acts.

Add in the female elements of ES &TMZ and OMAM and it's a majority!


 

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5/18/2012

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Artist

Song

1

10

6

Edward Sharpe and the MZ's

Man On Fire

2

1

7

The Lumineers

Ho Hey

3

3

10

Alabama Shakes

Hold On

4

4

2

Jack White

Sixteen Saltines

5

2

12

First Aid Kit

Emmylou

6

7

5

Of Monsters And Men

Mountain Sound

7

5

4

Arctic Monkeys

R U Mine

8

8

8

Magnetic Fields

Andrew In Drag

9

X

1

The Black Keys

Little Black Submarines

10

13

4

Santigold

Disparate Youth

11

11

6

Lana Del Rey

Blue Jeans

12

12

4

Regina Spektor

All The Rowboats

13

15

3

Brandi Carlile

That Wasn't Me

14

20

2

Polica

Dark Star

15

6

4

Mayer Hawthorne

No Strings

16

18

2

Silversun Pickups

Bloody Mary

17

17

1

Garbage

Blood For Poppies

18

X

1

Dr. Dog

Lonesome

19

14

3

Father John Misty

Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings

20

16

3

Kimbra

Settle Down

 


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Chart Show 5-10

Posted at 9:01 PM on May 10, 2012 by Mark Wheat
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Second week at the top for The Lumineers, but they better enjoy it, looks like

Jack White is on a roll now having topped the Billboard charts on both sides of

The Big Pond.  He crashes back in at #4 with a song about eating crackers?!?!


Those of you lucky enough to have tickets for Black Keys at Target Center next

Tuesday, don't be fashionably late, Arctic Monkeys open, they're on a roll too.

When they started out they were almost quaintly British which I didn't think

American audiences really took to. Now they have this James Dean look with a

Queens of The Stone swagger live, a nice Mid-Atlantic hybrid!


Trampled By Turtles are inducted to the HOF for the second time along with Fun.

We lost Andrew Bird after ten weeks and Bon Iver after a total of 50 weeks since

Calgary first hit the chart!


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Artist

Song

1

1

6

The Lumineers

Ho Hey

2

3

11

First Aid Kit

Emmylou

3

4

9

Alabama Shakes

Hold On

4

X

1

Jack White

Sixteen Saltines

5

5

3

Arctic Monkeys

R U Mine?

6

7

3

Mayer Hawthorne

No Strings

7

8

4

Of Monsters And Men

Mountain Sound

8

15

7

Magnetic Fields

Andrew In Drag

9

9

12

Trampled By Turtles

Alone

10

14

5

Edward Sharpe and the MZ's

Man On Fire

11

10

5

Lana Del Rey

Blue Jeans

12

11

3

Regina Spektor

All The Rowboats

13

12

3

Santigold

Disparate Youth

14

20

2

Father John Misty

Hollywood Forever Cemetery

15

16

2

Brandi Carlile

That Wasn't Me

16

13

2

Kimbra

Settle Down

17

X

1

Garbage

Blood For Poppies

18

X

1

Silversun Pickups

Bloody Mary

19

19

12

Fun.

We Are Young

20

X

1

Polica

Dark Star

 

















































































































Chart Show 5-3

Posted at 9:00 PM on May 3, 2012 by Mark Wheat
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TW LW Wks 5/3/2012 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 4 5 The Lumineers Ho Hey
2 2 12 The Black Keys Gold On The Ceiling
3 3 10 First Aid Kit Emmylou
4 7 8 Alabama Shakes Hold On
5 10 2 Arctic Monkeys R U Mine?
6 16 8 Bon Iver Perth
7 20 2 Mayer Hawthorne No Strings
8 5 3 Of Monsters And Men Mountain Sound
9 6 11 Trampled By Turtles Alone
10 11 4 Lana Del Rey Blue Jeans
11 12 2 Regina Spektor All The Rowboats
12 13 2 Santigold Disparate Youth
13 X 1 Kimbra Settle Down
14 14 4 Edward Sharpe and the MZ's Man On Fire
15 8 6 Magnetic Fields Andrew In Drag
16 X 1 Brandi Carlile That Wasn't Me
17 15 12 Doomtree Little Mercy
18 17 10 Andrew Bird Eyeoneye
19 9 11 Fun. We Are Young
20 X 1 Father John Misty Hollywood Forever Cemetary

Chart Show 4-26 Re-post

Posted at 8:42 PM on April 27, 2012 by Mark Wheat
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Rumor has it that Jack White is going to go to #1 on both sides of the Big

Pond next week for the first time ever. On top here for a second week!

He held off the storming Black Keys ticket hungry crowd, and is inducted to

The Chart Show Hall of Fame. Thanks to listener Caitlin you can all now

Spotify the HOF!!

 

Arctic Monkeys, supporting at Target Center got  the highest new entry,

OMAM and The Lumineers also got big boosts from the BK fan influx and

Dr.John, who's album was produced by Dan 'Black Key' Auerbach is one of

5 new entries after last week's massive HOF induction. We lost only Justin

Townes Earle after only one week.

 

There's another slew of inductions coming in the next two weeks. So will

Polica make it three hits in a row? Is there another hit on The Shins album?

Do you love that Zeus track as much as we do?! Keep them votes coming.

 

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4/26/2012

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Artist

Song

1

1

12

Jack White

Love Interruption

2

5

11

The Black Keys

Gold On The Ceiling

3

2

9

First Aid Kit

Emmylou

4

7

4

The Lumineers

Ho Hey

5

19

2

Of Monsters And Men

Mountain Sound

6

6

10

Trampled By Turtles

Alone

7

9

7

Alabama Shakes

Hold On

8

12

5

Magnetic Fields

Andrew In Drag

9

17

10

Fun.

We Are Young

10

X

1

Arctic Monkeys

R U Mine?

11

16

3

Lana Del Rey

Blue Jeans

12

X

1

Regina Spektor

All The Rowboats

13

X

1

Santigold

Disparate Youth

14

14

3

Edward Sharpe and the MZ's

Man On Fire

15

13

11

Doomtree

Little Mercy

16

11

7

Bon Iver

Perth

17

18

9

Andrew Bird

Eyeoneye

18

15

7

Lucy Michelle and the VL's

Just A Kid

19

X

1

Dr.John

Revolution

20

X

1

Mayer Hawthorne

No Strings

Chart Show 4-19

Posted at 9:00 PM on April 19, 2012 by Mark Wheat
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After 7 weeks in the Top 5 Jack finally makes it to the top just before
'Blunderbuss' comes out in the old school way, it's streaming now on
I-tunes and he did a great video interview with our buddy Bob Boilen of
NPR down at SXSW, in the swanky Driskell Hotel.
 
Big jumps for St.V who just finished her dream colab w / David Byrne &
The Lumineers who played a great show in town and a session here.
We lost M.Ward and Gorillaz with new entries from hot Icelandic band
Of Monsters and Men and first timer, Justin Townes Earle who's at the
Best Live Venue in town according to City Pages annual poll on 5/7.
Our Thursday night companion Jake Rudh took home this years FM
Personality Award from the Editors who also voted us best station.
And hooj thanks to all the readers who picked me as their fave and
The Current their #1 station, we're blessed with a wonderful audience!
 
Four inductees to our Chart Hall of Fame; St.V; Polica; The Shins; and
Florence and the Machine. That's almost as many as the REAL R'n'R
Hall Of Fame, they just had their induction, without Axl or Rod but with
3/5 of the original Faces there to great effect! This week I wrote a
Musicheads Essentials on 'The Best of the Faces'!!
 
And if you listen to the show or use the archived audio you should get a
Global Shout Out, a dedication to you and yours...    mwheat@mpr.org
 
TW LW Wks 4/19/2012 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 4 11 Jack White Love Interruption
2 1 8 First Aid Kit Emmylou
3 11 12 St. Vincent Cruel
4 2 12 Florence and the Machine No Light, No Light
5 6 10 The Black Keys Gold On The Ceiling
6 5 9 Trampled By Turtles Alone
7 13 3 The Lumineers Ho Hey
8 8 12 Polica Lay Your Cards Out
9 10 6 Alabama Shakes Hold On
10 7 12 The Shins Simple Song
11 9 6 Bon Iver Perth
12 12 4 Magnetic Fields Andrew In Drag
13 16 10 Doomtree Little Mercy
14 17 2 Edward Sharpe and the MZ's Man On Fire
15 19 6 Lucy Michelle and VL's Just A Kid
16 15 2 Lana Del Rey Blue Jeans
17 3 9 Fun. We Are Young
18 20 8 Andrew Bird Eyeoneye
19 X 1 Of Monsters And Men Mountain Sound
20 X 1 Justin Townes Earle Look The Other Way

Chart Show 4-12

Posted at 9:00 PM on April 12, 2012 by Mark Wheat
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Fun at the top of the chart, top three artists all begin with the letter F!
Fun. slip down a few spots under the onslaught of ticket hungry fans of
Flo, who also like FAK which propelled them to the top for the first time.
 
If you didn't get tix for Flo you have another chance to see her, and if you
DID get tix for The Shins you have to exchange them, show's moved to
State Theatre where you can get reserved seats starting at 10am 4/13.
 
TBT make a little jump on the back of their sold out First Ave show and
CD of the Week, they stopped by our studios this week, as did FAK and
The Lumineers. News this week that there will be no new album from
Gorillaz, but the video for this song just got longer and wackier!?
 
Nice to see the return of Edward Sharpe, who were one of the very first
Hall of Fame inductees back on 12/17/09. We lost Dr.Dog and Rufus!
 
TW LW Wks 4/12/2012 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 5 7 First Aid Kit Emmylou
2 10 11 Florence and the Machine No Light, No Light
3 1 8 Fun. We Are Young
4 7 10 Jack White Love Interruption
5 8 8 Trampled By Turtles Alone
6 2 9 The Black Keys Gold On The Ceiling
7 4 11 The Shins Simple Song
8 3 11 Polica Lay Your Cards Out
9 14 5 Bon Iver Perth
10 17 5 Alabama Shakes Hold On
11 6 11 St. Vincent Cruel
12 13 3 Magnetic Fields Andrew In Drag
13 19 2 The Lumineers Ho Hey
14 20 2 M. Ward Primitive Girl
15 X 1 Lana Del Rey Blue Jeans
16 16 9 Doomtree Little Mercy
17 X 1 Edward Sharpe and the MZ's Man On Fire
18 15 4 Gorillaz Do Ya Thing
19 12 5 Lucy Michelle and VL's Just A Kid
20 11 7 Andrew Bird Eyeoneye

Chart Show 4-5

Posted at 9:00 PM on April 5, 2012 by Mark Wheat
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After 4 weeks of steadily slipping down the chart a huge reversal for Fun.!
Perhaps it's because of the show being moved, again, so more fun for more
Fun. fans! Or maybe a lot of Nick Lowe fans like that song? I could see that.
 
A few big bounces upwards for St. Vincent, Jack White and Dr. Dog. We lost
Sharon Van Etten and gained 3 artists that have never been on before.
The Lumineers though have already sold out their show next week in The
Entry, so tune in next Wednesday for an in-studio session with them.
Next door that night is the sold out TBT show, you MIGHT get to see them at
Electric Fetus or hear them on this weeks Local Show.
 
Missed presenting the show now, for various reasons, for three weeks so..
ItS gReAt To Be baCk!! Thanks to David Safar and Mac Wilson for covering.
 
TW LW Wks 4/5/2012 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 7 7 Fun. We Are Young
2 1 8 The Black Keys Gold On The Ceiling
3 2 10 Polica Lay Your Cards Out
4 4 10 The Shins Simple Song
5 5 6 First Aid Kit Emmylou
6 13 10 St. Vincent Cruel
7 15 9 Jack White Love Interruption
8 6 7 Trampled By Turtles Alone
9 17 10 Dr. Dog That Old Black Hole
10 8 10 Florence and the Machine No Light , No Light
11 9 6 Andrew Bird Eyeoneye
12 12 4 Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles Just A Kid
13 18 2 Magnetic Fields Andrew In Drag
14 10 4 Bon Iver Perth
15 16 3 Gorillaz Do Ya Thing
16 11 8 Doomtree Little Mercy
17 19 4 Alabama Shakes Hold On
18 X 1 Rufus Wainwright Out Of The Game
19 X 1 The Lumineers Ho Hey
20 X 1 M. Ward Primitive Girl

Chart Show 3-29

Posted at 9:59 PM on March 29, 2012 by David Safar
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A big shake up on the chart this week and two songs reach the Chart Show Hall of Fame!  Of Monsters and Men's "Little Talks," and Lana Del Rey's "Video Games" both reach the Chart Show Hall of Fame this week.  Bon Iver drops to the # 10 spot on the chart after a couple weeks close to the top.  The Black Keys and Polica float to the #1 and #2 spots this week with The Shins and First Aid Kit in a close #3 and #4.  Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles gain traction this week as Jack White drops to the #15 spot.  We only had one new entry with The Magnetic Fields taking the spot of the Honeydogs.

 

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Artist

Song

1

5

7

The Black Keys

Gold On The Ceiling

2

6

9

Polica

Lay Your Cards Out

3

1

12

Of Monsters and Men

Little Talks

4

7

9

The Shins

Simple Song

5

10

5

First Aid Kit

Emmylou

6

11

6

Trampled By Turtles

Alone

7

3

6

Fun.

We Are Young

8

8

9

Florence and the Machine

No Light, No Light

9

13

5

Andrew Bird

Eyeoneye

10

2

3

Bon Iver

Perth

11

14

7

Doomtree

Little Mercy

12

19

3

Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles

Just A Kid

13

9

9

St. Vincent

Cruel

14

16

12

Lana Del Rey

Video Games

15

4

8

Jack White

Love Interruption

16

12

2

Gorillaz

Do Ya Thing

17

18

9

Dr. Dog

That Old Black Hole

18

X

1

The Magnetic Fields

Andrew In Drag

19

20

3

Alabama Shakes

Hold On

20

15

8

Sharon Van Etten

Serpents

Chart Show 3-22

Posted at 9:00 PM on March 22, 2012 by Mark Wheat
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Great turn out this week, record for the year, due to the carrot of Goyte tix!
But OMAM solidified their lead at the top and when I saw them in Austin TX at
SXSW I was very impressed with their energetic live show. The album will be out
April 2nd and we'll have it as the CD Of The Week, I'm reviewing it now, at least
3 tracks are ready to follow this first hit!
 
Tune into The Current Presents this week Sunday at 9pm for a special SXSW
'Best of Show'.  We'll have audio from three artists on this chart; Andrew Bird,
Alabama Shakes and Polica. We'll also run excerpts from the keynote by
The Boss and interviews that Andrea got with members of the Bird band and
Polica, who may have scored the coolest gig for a local act, at the new ACL's
Moody Theater, opening for Lionel Ritchie?!?!
 
We lost Nada Surf and The Wombats just one week before they would've been
HOF inductees...doh!
 
TW LW Wks 3/22/2012 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 11 Of Monsters And Men Little Talks
2 7 2 Bon Iver Perth
3 5 5 Fun. We Are Young
4 2 7 Jack White Love Interruption
5 4 6 The Black Keys Gold On The Ceiling
6 3 8 Polica Lay Your Cards Out
7 16 8 The Shins Simple Song
8 13 8 Florence and the Machine No Light, No Light
9 17 8 St. Vincent Cruel
10 6 4 First Aid Kit Emmylou
11 18 5 Trampled By Turtles Alone
12 X 1 Gorillaz Do Ya Thing
13 9 4 Andrew Bird Eyeoneye
14 12 6 Doomtree Little Mercy
15 8 7 Sharon van Etten Serpents
16 20 11 Lana Del Ray Video Games
17 10 8 The Honeydogs Aubben
18 11 8 Dr. Dog That Old Black Hole
19 15 2 Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles Just A Kid
20 R 2 Alabama Shakes Hold On
 
 

The Chart Show 3-15

Posted at 9:59 PM on March 15, 2012 by David Safar
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Of Monsters and Men hold onto the #1 spot this week just a single vote ahead of Jack White's "Love Interuption."  Polica moves up to #3 this week as they build their following at SXSW.  There are two new entries on The Chart this week - a late addition to the chart by Bon Iver and a local debut from Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles.  Nada Surf re-enters the chart before their stop in Minneapolis later this month, and we lost Springsteen, the Alabama Shakes, and the Heartless Bastards.

 

TW LW Wks 3/15/2012 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 10 Of Monsters and Men Little Talks
2 3 6 Jack White Love Interruption
3 5 7 Polica Lay Your Cards Out
4 4 5 The Black Keys Gold On The Ceiling
5 2 4 Fun. We Are Young
6 10 3 First Aid Kit Emmylou
7 X 1 Bon Iver Perth
8 12 6 Sharon Van Etten Serpents
9 18 3 Andrew Bird Eyeoneye
10 7 7 The Honeydogs Aubben
11 6 7 Dr, Dog That Old Black Hole
12 11 5 Doomtree Little Mercy
13 15 7 Florence and the Machine No Light, No Light
14 R 2 Nada Surf When I Was Young
15 X 1 Lucy Michelle and the Velvet Lapelles Just A Kid
16 13 7 The Shins Simple Song
17 8 7 St. Vincent Cruel
18 9 4 Trampled By Turtles Alone
19 16 11 The Wombats 1996
20 14 10 Lana Del Rey  Video Games

Chart Show 3-8

Posted at 9:00 PM on March 8, 2012 by Mark Wheat
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12 out of the 20 songs have women involved in them, I think that's a record, on
International Women's Day no less. I tried to play as many of them as I could.
Bruce and Andrew were the only guys played on the show tonight, a new entry and
CD of the Week.
 
Tons of these bands are going to be down in Austin Texas for SXSW next week.
Including Jack White with his label showcase, Bruce giving the keynote speech
and Of Monsters and Men being unveiled to America really for the first time.
We'll try to keep you posted with phone updates at 9am, 1 & 5pm Thurs and Fri.
It's going to be a hooj year for some of the local acts making the trip including;
Polica supporting Lionel Ritchie and Doomtree and Trampled supporting MN!!
In other local news, The Honeydogs have their big CD Release show at First Ave,
Saturday night with Rogue Valley and Farewell Milwaukee and the cover story in
City Pages this week.
 
The big surprise this week is the dissipation of support for The Shins, will they do a
Dr. Dog and bounce back? We surprisingly lost Radiohead after only 2 weeks and
Delta Spirit after only one!
 
TW LW Wks 3/8/2012 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 9 Of Monsters And Men Little Talks
2 6 3 Fun. We Are Young
3 4 5 Jack White Love Interruption
4 2 4 The Black Keys Gold On The Ceiling
5 5 6 Polica Lay Your Cards Out
6 10 6 Dr. Dog That Old Black Hole
7 9 6 The Honeydogs Aubben
8 7 6 St. Vincent Cruel
9 11 3 Trampled By Turtles Alone
10 16 2 First Aid Kit Emmylou
11 8 4 Doomtree Little Mercy
12 14 5 Sharon Van Etten Serpents
13 3 6 The Shins Simple Song
14 13 9 Lana Del Ray Video Games
15 15 6 Florence and the Machine No Light, No Light
16 12 10 The Wombats 1996
17 17 3 Heartless Bastards Parted Ways
18 19 2 Andrew Bird Eyeoneye
19 X 1 Bruce Springsteen We Take Care Of Our Own
20 X 1 Alabama Shakes Hold On

Chart Show 3-1

Posted at 9:00 PM on March 1, 2012 by Mark Wheat (2 Comments)
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Finally! After four weeks at #2 Iceland's next big export Of Monsters and Men are
Number 1. Will get a chance to see them at SXSW thanks to our friends at KEXP.
The Shins are one of the biggest upward movers, interesting interview with leader
James Mercer in the newly revamped SPIN website. Tells the story of his years in
Broken Bells with Dangermouse and subsequently changing The Shins entirely..
 
Two weeks from tonight Jim and Andrea and I will be at SXSW seeing new entry
Andrew Bird play at Stubbs' and seeing a ton of MN bands!! Including here and
Polica who have just been added to the NPR showcase and to the playlist of
6Music from the BBC!
 
Fun. are another big mover. That explains why their show is sold out at the new
Brick venue in downtown Mpls. And new entry First Aid Kit have also sold out the
Cedar. Miraculous return for Dr. Dog this week and a new entry for Delta Spirit.
We lost The Ting-Tings who just got a 1.8 from Pitchfork (ouch!), Gotye and
Leonard Cohen after only a week.
 
Catch The Honeydogs on The Local Show this week and in studio here.
Which member of Doomtree do you think is giving a presentation at the Nobel Peace
Prize Forum Friday?!?!?  And congrats to Florence for winning at the recent NME
Awards along with another recent Chart Show denizen Noel Gallagher, who won
The Godlike Genius Award!?!?
 
 
TW LW Wks 3/1/2012 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 8 Of Monsters And Men Little Talks
2 5 3 The Black Keys Gold On The Ceiling
3 12 5 The Shins Simple Song
4 1 4 Jack White Love Interruption
5 5 5 Polica Lay Your Cards Out
6 15 2 Fun. We Are Young
7 6 5 St. Vincent Cruel
8 8 3 Doomtree Little Mercy
9 7 5 Honeydogs Aubben
10 R 5 Dr. Dog That Old Black Hole
11 10 2 Trampled By Turtles Alone
12 18 9 The Wombats 1996
13 9 8 Lana Del Rey Video Games
14 17 4 Sharon Van Etten Serpents
15 14 5 Florence and the Machine No Light, No Light
16 X 1 First Aid Kit Emmylou
17 20 2 Heartless Bastards Parted Ways
18 13 2 Radiohead Staircase
19 X 1 Andrew Bird Eyeoneye
20 X 1 Delta Spirit California

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Chart Show 2-23

Posted at 9:00 PM on February 23, 2012 by David Safar
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This week on The Chart Show, Bon Iver lands at #4 and is inducted into the The Chart Show Hall of Fame.  Jack White rockets to the top of the chart in his 3rd week with "Love Interruption." 

New entries from Trampled By Turtles (#10), Radiohead (#13), Fun. (#15), Leonard Cohen (#19), and Heartless Bastards (#20).  We lost the bottom of last week's chart as The Pines, Howler and the Jayhawks lose out to our newcomers and The Wombats (#18).  Moving up this week is Polica, the Black Keys, Lana Del Rey, and The Honeydogs.  This week's chart mystery...where did all the Dr. Dog fans go after four weeks on the chart and dropping off from the #11 spot?

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Artist

Song

1

4

3

Jack White

Love Interruption

2

2

7

Of Monsters and Men

Little Talks

3

5

4

Polica

Lay Your Cards Out

4

1

12

Bon Iver

Towers

5

7

2

The Black Keys

Gold On The Ceiling

6

3

4

St. Vincent

Cruel

7

9

4

The Honeydogs

Aubben

8

8

2

Doomtree

Little Mercy

9

17

7

Lana Del Rey

Video Games

10

X

1

Trampled By Turtles

Alone

11

6

2

Gotye

Eyes Wide Open

12

10

4

The Shins

Simple Song

13

X

1

Radiohead

Staircase

14

14

4

Florence and the Machine

No Light, No Light

15

X

1

Fun.

We Are Young

16

13

3

The Ting Tings

Hang It Up

17

15

3

Sharon Van Etten

Serpents

18

16

8

The Wombats

1996

19

X

1

Leonard Cohen

Darkness

20

X

1

Heartless Bastards

Parted Ways

 

Chart Show 2-16

Posted at 9:00 PM on February 16, 2012 by Mark Wheat
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After two Grammy's Bon Iver add another huge feather to their cap!

Gotye proves he's not just a one hit wonder with a high new entry.

The Black Keys shine again with their gold ceiling and everything

Jack White touches turns to gold!

Doomtree touring on the East Coast, make celebratory videos of their escapades.

TUnE-yArDs finally get inducted the the Hall Of Fame to add to the accolades.

And we lost Feist, Nada Surf & Mason Jennings.

 
 
TW LW Wks 2/16/2012 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 11 Bon Iver Towers
2 2 6 Of Monsters And Men Little Talks
3 5 3 St.Vincent Cruel
4 8 2 Jack White Love Interruption
5 7 3 Polica Lay Your Cards Out
6 X 1 Gotye Eyes Wide Open
7 X 1 The Black Keys Gold On The Ceiling
8 X 1 Doomtree Little Mercy
9 10 3 Honeydogs Aubben
10 4 3 The Shins Simple Song
11 6 4 Dr. Dog That Old Black Hole
12 17 12 tUnE-yArDs gangsta
13 19 2 The Ting Tings Hang It Up
14 3 3 Florence and the Machine No Light, No Light
15 9 2 Sharon Van Etten Serpents
16 15 7 The Wombats 1996
17 11 6 Lana Del Rey Video Games
18 18 2 The Pines All The While
19 16 3 Howler Back Of Your Neck
20 12 2 The Jayhawks Hide Your Colors

The Chart Show 2-9

Posted at 9:00 PM on February 9, 2012 by Mark Wheat
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Towers is the third track from Bon Iver to go to the top, on the eve of the Grammy's!
Funny,  it came in to the chart at #3 last year but never made it to #1 until now.
Lots of new entries as we replace five HOF inductees and last week's debutantes
The Shins and Florence have another strong week. We lost Beirut after 4 weeks.
 
Another big week for local artists bouyed by The Jayhawk fans trying to win tix.
They helped boost The Honeydogs, The Pines and Mason Jennings. Will the new
Ting Tings be as big as their debut?! Will Jack and Sharon vie for #1 next week?
It's up to you...thanks for voting and if you become a member today get the cool
Current Duo...Local Current Vol 2 & Live Current Vol 7, together; WOOOHOO!
 
TW LW Wks 2/9/2012 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 5 10 Bon Iver Towers
2 2 5 Of Monsters And Men Little Talks
3 10 2 Florence and the Machine No Light, No Light
4 8 2 The Shins Simple Song
5 4 4 St.Vincent Cruel
6 13 3 Dr. Dog That Old Black Hole
7 17 2 Polica Lay Your Cards Out
8 X 1 Jack White Love Interruption
9 X 1 Sharon Van Etten Serpents
10 20 2 The Honeydogs Aubben
11 11 5 Lana Del Rey Video Games
12 X 1 The Jayhawks Hide Your Colors
13 9 2 Feist The Bad In Each Other
14 16 5 Mason Jennings Clutch
15 12 6 The Wombats 1996
16 18 3 Howler Back Of Your Neck
17 14 11 tUnE-yArDs gangsta
18 X 1 The Pines All The While
19 X 1 The Ting Tings Hang It Up
20 X 1 Nada Surf When I Was Young

Chart Show 2-2

Posted at 9:00 PM on February 2, 2012 by Mark Wheat
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It's the biggest week for Hall of Fame inductions ever! Five in all, and with another
5 artists dropping out this week; Trampled By Turtles, Wilco, Los Campesinos,
Dawes, and Craig Finn it's a massive turnover of talent to freshen up the Chart.
 
We're sharing the #1 with the nation of Australia, not only is Gotye from there but
Triple J, their national public radio station playing new music had its year end poll
The Hottest 100, Jan 26th for Australia Day. Gotye was top and with four entries
The Wombats were the top band overall! (EVEN though they are from the UK!)

St.Vincent was the biggest mover, making another great week for female artists;
Feist, Florence and Polica were new entries and Lana Del Rey was everywhere!
 
Many many thanks to everyone who came to our Birthday shows, what a blast!!
Spontaneous singing of Happy Birthday by the crowd on Saturday was a highlight!
Check out more pictures taken by our crew and a great video by our good friend
Ron Johnson. Cheers. Go Giants!
 
 
TW LW Wks 2/2/2012 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 12 Gotye Somebody That I Used To Know
2 3 4 Of Monsters And Men Little Talks
3 1 12 The Black Keys Lonely Boy
4 15 3 St.Vincent Cruel
5 5 9 Bon Iver Towers
6 4 12 Phantogram Don't Move
7 6 12 Pert Near Sandstone Solid Gone
8 X 1 The Shins Simple Song
9 X 1 Feist The Bad In Each Other
10 X 1 Florence and the Machine No Light, No Light
11 7 4 Lana Del Rey Video Games
12 8 5 The Wombats 1996
13 9 2 Dr. Dog That Old Black Hole
14 11 10 tUnE-yArDs gangsta
15 14 12 Doomtree The Grand Experiment
16 16 4 Mason Jennings Clutch
17 X 1 Polica Lay Your Cards Out
18 20 2 Howler Back Of Your Neck
19 13 4 Beirut A Candle's Fire
20 X 1 Honeydogs Aubben

Chart Show 1-26

Posted at 9:00 PM on January 26, 2012 by Mark Wheat
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Pretty calm this week before the tsunami of change hits next week, only the two
HOF entries from last week are replaced, perhaps predictably by Dr.Dog with my
Theme Song of the Year ...so far!  Howler keeps the buzz going by slipping in too.
 
Thanks to our friends at WNYC's Soundcheck for having me on to gush about
3 of the bands that are on our Top 20 this week, do you think "Little Talks" is a
Edward Sharpe rip off as suggested by their host John Schaefer?!?!
 
And to our friends at NPR for featuring a re-vamped version of our Polica session.
Can't wait to see them at the B Day Party, if you see me there, stop and say hi!!
 
 
TW LW Wks 1/19/2012 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 11 The Black Keys Lonely Boy
2 1 11 Gotye Somebody That I Used To Know
3 9 3 Of Monsters And Men Little Talks
4 6 11 Phantogram Don't Move
5 3 8 Bon Iver Towers
6 4 11 Pert Near Sandstone Solid Gone
7 7 3 Lana Del Ray Video Games
8 12 4 The Wombats 1996
9 X 1 Dr. Dog That Old Black Hole
10 17 2 Dawes If I Wanted Someone
11 13 9 tUnEyArDs Gangsta
12 11 11 Trampled By Turtles Where Is My Mind
13 14 3 Beirut A Candle's Fire
14 10 11 Doomtree The Grand Experiment
15 20 2 St. Vincent Cruel
16 8 3 Mason Jennings Clutch
17 18 2 Craig Finn Honolulu Blues
18 16 4 Wilco Dawned On Me
19 19 2 Los Campesinos By Your Hand
20 X 1 Howler Back Of Your Neck

Chart Show 1-19

Posted at 9:00 PM on January 19, 2012 by Mark Wheat
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Two early inductees to the 2012 Chart Show Hall of Fame this week.
M83 on the week the album comes out and Polica nearly a month
BEFORE the record is released the old fashioned way. In two weeks
SIX others could be inducted together, that would be the most ever!
It will also mean an unprecedented number of changes to the Top 20.
Where are all the hot new artists to fill that many shoes?!!?
 
We lost My Morning Jacket, Deer Tick, The Roots and Tom Waits.
It's great to see another new Icelandic band climbing the chart, with
Of Monsters And Men and Lana Del Rey over-coming her poorly reviewed
SNL appearance. Craig Finn will be on Friday's Morning Show at 7.30am.
Have you heard Jill and John Munson together yet, they're having a blast!
Listen to interviews next week at 7.30 with lots of the artists playing at our
Birthday Party shows.

And have you checked out the new Local Current blog with our new writer
Andrea Swennson? Look here  — she hooks you up with a new video for a
Doomtree jam. Stay warm!
 
TW LW Wks 1/19/2012 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 10 Gotye Somebody That I Used To Know
2 2 10 The Black Keys Lonely Boy
3 5 7 Bon Iver Towers
4 7 10 Pert Near Sandstone Solid Gone
5 3 12 Polica Wandering Star
6 10 10 Phantogram Don't Move
7 11 2 Lana Del Ray Video Games
8 9 2 Mason Jennings Clutch
9 15 2 Of Monsters And Men Little Talks
10 4 10 Doomtree The Grand Experiment
11 13 10 Trampled By Turtles Where Is My Mind
12 17 3 The Wombats 1996
13 12 8 tUnEyArDs Gangsta
14 20 2 Beirut A Candle's Fire
15 6 12 M 83 Midnight City
16 14 3 Wilco Dawned On Me
17 X 1 Dawes If I Wanted Someone
18 X 1 Craig Finn Honolulu Blues
19 X 1 Los Campesinos By Your Hand
20 X 1 St.Vincent Cruel

Chart 1-12-12

Posted at 10:01 PM on January 12, 2012 by David Safar
Filed under: Programs, The Chart Show

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The top of the chart this week continues to be dominated by Gotye and The Black Keys with local acts Polica and Doomtree not far behind.  There are four debut entries this week including a strong first week for Mason Jennings and Lana Del Rey.   Icelandic band Of Monsters and Men land at the #15 spot for their first week and Beirut returns to the chart with "A Candle's Fire."  We lost Ryan Adams, Cults, and Cake.

 

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Artist

Song

1

1

9

Gotye

Somebody That I Used To Know

2

2

9

The Black Keys

Lonely Boy

3

9

11

Polica

Wandering Star

4

8

9

Doomtree

The Grand Experiment

5

3

6

Bon Iver

Towers

6

4

11

M83

Midnight City

7

6

9

Pert Near Sandstone

Solid Gone

8

5

7

My Morning Jacket

Outta My System

9

X

1

Mason Jennings

Clutch

10

11

9

Phantogram

Don't Move

11

X

1

Lana Del Rey

Video Games

12

10

7

tUnEyArDs

Gangsta

13

15

9

Tramples By Turtles

Where Is My Mind

14

7

2

Wilco

Dawned On Me

15

X

1

Of Monsters and Men

Little Talks

16

20

2

Deer Tick

Miss K.

17

18

2

Cults

Abducted

18

12

2

The Roots

Make My

19

13

2

Tom Waits

Last Leaf On The Tree

20

X

1

Beirut

A Candle's Fire

Chart 1-5-12

Posted at 9:00 PM on January 5, 2012 by Mark Wheat
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Fitting change at the top for the first show of the 2012 Everyone predicting a big
Gotye breakout this year. his show at The Varsity in April is already sold out!?!
M83 won song of the year titles from Pitchfork and Stereogum and no surprise at
#1 of The Top 89 for Bon Iver. Black Keys got a strong showing again this year.
Remember last year they were Top 5 too, thanks for all your votes, what a year!
 
More changes than usual, but still a strong local contingent. You can choose the
Pert Near Sandstone show at Cedar Cultural Center, it is the same nights as our
Seventh Birthday Party shows at First Ave. Tix all sold out in one day... today!
Polica seem assured of Hall of Fame status by the time they take the stage there.
Noel Gallagher is inducted this week.
 
TW LW Wks 1/5/2012 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 3 8 Gotye Somebody That I Used To Know
2 1 8 The Black Keys Lonely Boy
3 11 5 Bon Iver Towers
4 2 10 M83 Midnight City
5 12 6 My Morning Jacket Outta My System
6 7 8 Pert Near Sandstone Solid Gone
7 X 1 Wilco Dawned On Me
8 9 8 Doomtree The Grand Experiment
9 6 10 Polica Wandering Star
10 13 6 tUnEyArDs Gangsta
11 10 8 Phantogram Don't Move
12 X 1 The Roots Make My
13 X 1 Tom Waits Last Leaf On The Tree
14 16 12 Noel Gallagher If I Had A Gun
15 8 8 Trampled By Turtles Where Is My Mind
16 X 1 The Wombats 1996
17 5 9 Ryan Adams Lucky Now
18 X 1 Cults Abducted
19 X 1 Cake Mustache Man
20 X 1 Deer Tick Miss K.

Chart Show 12-15

Posted at 9:00 PM on December 15, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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For the next two weeks we'll be spinning songs inducted into The 2011 Chart Show
Hall of Fame, so no voting necessary, just sit back and enjoy what we've created.
 
So who is the all important last #1 of the year? The band who might regret releasing
'El Camino' at this time of year, as it is missing out on votes for this Top 89. Unless
The Black Keys stay around to be high on next years list !?
 
The Decemberists, Wilco and The Jayhawks end good years on the chart by...
Disappearing?! Along with three brand new entries, tUnEyArDs make a return and
Beirut is the highest mover, being inducted from #4 with a bullet! Also inducted at
#17 Dessa ends a marvelous year for the Doomtree crew, who were celebrated in
City Pages' review of the year in local music. Will cover stars Howler get to rule the
2012 chart ?!`
 
Thanks to everyone for voting over and over again, we're really proud of how the Chart
Show represents who we think you should hear over the course of a year. Thanks.
Seriously, we couldn't do it without you!
 
TW LW Wks 12/15/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 5 The Black Keys Lonely Boy
2 5 7 M83 Midnight City
3 4 5 Gotye Somebody That I Used To Know
4 14 12 Beirut Santa Fe
5 2 6 Ryan Adams Lucky Now
6 9 7 Polica Wandering Star
7 7 5 Pert Near Sandstone Solid Gone
8 10 5 Trampled By Turtles Where Is My Mind
9 12 5 Doomtree The Grand Experiment
10 6 5 Phantogram Don't Move
11 3 2 Bon Iver Towers
12 16 3 My Morning Jacket Outta My System
13 R 3 tUnEyArDs Gangsta
14 X 1 Adele Set Fire To the Rain
15 X 1 Rachael Yamagata Starlight
16 19 9 Noel Gallagher If I Had A Gun
17 15 12 Dessa Mineshaft
18 18 4 Communist Daughter Ghosts
19 20 3 Mason Jennings Hearts Stop Beating
20 X 1 Portugal The Man Got It All

Chart Show 12-8

Posted at 9:00 PM on December 8, 2011 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
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Exciting rises and re-entries in this, the PENULTIMATE new chart for the year!!
For the last two weeks of the year we'll play all the songs that have been inducted;
The Hall of Fame 2011 Celebration! This week Dawes grab their third induction.
 
Great to see new 'electronic' artists like Gotye and Phantogram get a big pump,
tUnEyArDs however completely fell out of the Top 20, you either love it or...
The Decemberists get some re-love, bouyed by the support of Ryan's fans.
 
Bon Iver gets some big love post Grammy nominations and the locals hold ground.
Don't miss the Doomtree (Full Crew) UBS Forum gig...I'm serious....Friday at 7pm.
 
 
TW LW Wks 12/8/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 4 The Black Keys Lonely Boy
2 6 5 Ryan Adams Lucky Now
3 X 1 Bon Iver Towers
4 14 4 Gotye Somebody That I Used To Know
5 8 6 M83 Midnight City
6 16 4 Phantogram Don't Move
7 3 4 Pert Near Sandstone Solid Gone
8 1 2 Wilco Dawned On Me
9 11 6 Polica Wandering Star
10 5 4 Trampled By Turtles Where Is My Mind
11 4 12 Dawes A Little Bit Of Everything
12 7 4 Doomtree The Grand Experiment
13 R 2 The Decemberists Foregone
14 10 11 Beirut Santa Fe
15 15 11 Dessa Mineshaft
16 12 2 My Morning Jacket Outta My System
17 17 2 The Jayhawks Pouring Rain At Dawn
18 18 3 Communist Daughter Ghosts
19 19 8 Noel Gallagher If I Had A Gun
20 20 2 Mason Jennings Hearts Stop Beating

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Chart Show 12-1

Posted at 9:00 PM on December 1, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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      Artist Song
1 X 1 Wilco Dawned On Me
2 9 3 The Black Keys Lonely Boy
3 4 3 Pert Near Sandstone Solid Gone
4 1 11 Dawes A Little Bit Of Everything
5 7 3 Trampled By Turtles Where Is My Mind
6 8 4 Ryan Adams Lucky Now
7 10 3 Doomtree The Grand Experiment
8 3 5 M83 Midnight City
9 2 12 Florence and the Machine What The Water Gave Me
10 6 10 Beirut Santa Fe
11 12 5 Polica Wandering Star
12 X 1 My Morning Jacket Outta My System
13 X 1 tUnEyArDs Gangsta
14 15 3 Gotye Somebody That I Used To Know
15 5 10 Dessa Mineshaft
16 19 3 Phantogram Don't Move
17 X 1 The Jayhawks Pouring Rain At Dawn
18 20 2 Communist Daughter Ghosts
19 17 7 Noel Gallagher If I Had A Gun
20 X 1 Mason Jennings Hearts Stop Beating

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Chart Show 11-23

Posted at 9:00 PM on November 23, 2011 by Mark Wheat (2 Comments)
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A total of 3 weeks for Dawes as they return to the top after a month. Six locals as
Communist Daughter slip in too, making a record for the year. We say goodbye to
Mike Doughty and Feist was inducted last week making room for another entry for
The Decemberists, from their new e.p. "Long Live The King".
 
If we added up the votes on the Chart Show, the top four albums of  '11 would be;
Adele, Bon Iver, Fleet Foxes and FTP. But what are your faves? Check the site on
Monday for the voting ballot for our Top 89 and tell us what your fave ALBUMS of
2011 are. That's good turkey dinner conversation ... hApPy ThAnKsGiViNg!!
 
 
TW LW Wks 11/23/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 3 10 Dawes A Little Bit Of Eveything
2 1 11 Florence and the Machine What The Water Gave Me
3 6 4 M 83 Midnight City
4 11 2 Pert Near Sandstone Solid Gone
5 5 9 Dessa Mineshaft
6 4 9 Beirut Santa Fe
7 12 2 Trampled By Turtles Where Is My Mind
8 19 3 Ryan Adams Lucky Now
9 9 2 The Black Keys Lonely Boy
10 10 2 Doomtree The Grand Experiment
11 X 1 The Decemberists Foregone
12 8 4 Polica Wandering Star
13 15 10 Blitzen Trapper Love The Way You Walk Away
14 16 7 St.Vincent Surgeon
15 17 2 Gotye Somebody That I Used To Know
16 2 10 Foster The People Houdini
17 14 6 Noel Gallagher If I Had A Gun
18 18 4 Tom Waits Back In The Crowd
19 20 2 Phantogram Don't Move
20 X 1 Communist Daughter Ghosts

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Chart Show 11-17

Posted at 9:00 PM on November 17, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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Biggest re-arrangement of the chart in months. With two inductees last week and
Halloween Alaska, Fleet Foxes, My Morning Jacket, Mayer Hawthorne and Little
Dragon dropping out of contention there was a massive influx of new entries.
Some old faves like Black Keys and Tom Waits, a ton of locals, and a new name;
Gotye. You may have heard Melanie calling him the next big thing on Musicheads,
Sat Bisla playing him early on Passport Approved, or...how did you first hear him? 
 
Feist is inducted this week into the Chart Hall of Fame and don't forget if you miss
The Chart Show it's archived on our new website.
 
Next week we'll do the show on Wednesday night at 8pm, that'll be weird!
So get ya votes in early then have a hApPy T dAy!!
 
TW LW Wks 11/17/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 3 10 Florence and the Machine What The Water Gave Me
2 1 9 Foster The People Houdini
3 4 9 Dawes A Little Bit Of Eveything
4 5 8 Beirut Santa Fe
5 6 8 Dessa Mineshaft
6 8 3 M 83 Midnight City
7 9 12 Feist How Come You Never Go There
8 10 3 Polica Wandering Star
9 X 1 The Black Keys Lonely Boy
10 X 1 Doomtree The Grand Experiment
11 X 1 Pert Near Sandstone Solid Gone
12 X 1 Trampled By Turtles Where Is My Mind
13 12 9 Mike Doughty Na Na Nothing
14 15 5 Noel Gallagher If I Had A Gun
15 18 9 Blitzen Trapper Love The Way You Walk Away
16 19 6 St.Vincent Surgeon
17 X 1 Gotye Somebody That I Used To Know
18 R 3 Tom Waits Back In The Crowd
19 14 2 Ryan Adams Lucky Now
20 X 1 Phantogram Don't Move

Chart Show 11-10

Posted at 9:00 PM on November 10, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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Another example of a massive rush of people trying to get tix to a sold out show. Foster The People now have 6 weeks total at the top this year, equal most with Bon Iver. Fleet Foxes and Adele are both at 5. Bon Iver inducted for the 2nd time, Mason Jennings too, although the two songs were not from the same album.

We lost Peter Wolf Crier, Jane's Addiction and Tom Waits rather surprisingly and Ryan Adams seems to share fans with FTP?! Check out my review of the new Florence and the Machine. Listen to next weeks Musicheads when we'll review Mayer Hawthorne's release.

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TW LW Wks 11/10/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 6 8 Foster The People Houdini
2 2 12 Bon Iver Holocene
3 4 9 Florence and the Machine What The Water Gave Me
4 3 8 Dawes A Little Bit Of Everything
5 1 7 Beirut Santa Fe
6 5 7 Dessa Mineshaft
7 7 12 Mason Jennings Raindrops on the Kitchen Floor
8 12 2 M 83 Midnight City
9 8 11 Feist How Come You Never Go There
10 10 2 Polica Wandering Star
11 9 7 Fleet Foxes Grown Ocean
12 16 8 Mike Doughty Na Na Nothing
13 17 8 My Morning Jacket Wonderful (The Way I Feel)
14 X 1 Ryan Adams Lucky Now
15 19 4 Noel Gallagher If I Had A Gun
16 X 1 Mayer Hawthorne The Walk
17 X 1 Halloween, Alaska Empire Waist
18 15 8 Blitzen Trapper Love The Way You Walk Away
19 11 5 St.Vincent Surgeon
20 14 5 Little Dragon Ritual Union

Chart Show 11-3

Posted at 9:00 PM on November 3, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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Another week when the tickets being given away made a change to the top spot.

Not much else changed though, we lost tUnEyArDs after 10 weeks and Death Cab

For Cutie after 7, makes it a bad week for Ben! Good week for the local project

Polica, you can't get that single anywhere yet, but you can see them play here.

A couple of great interviews with two very funny but different guys, Noel and Tom.

TW LW Wks 11/3/2011 The Current Chart Show
Artist Song
1 13 6 Beirut Santa Fe
2 1 11 Bon Iver Holocene
3 4 7 Dawes A Little Bit Of Everything
4 3 8 Florence and the Machine What The Water Gave Me
5 5 6 Dessa Mineshaft
6 6 7 Foster The People Houdini
7 2 11 Mason Jennings Raindrops on the Kitchen Floor
8 10 10 Feist How Come You Never Go There
9 9 6 Fleet Foxes Grown Ocean
10 X 1 Polica Wandering Star
11 12 4 St.Vincent Surgeon
12 X 1 M 83 Midnight City
13 8 6 Jane's Addiction Irresistable Force
14 16 4 Little Dragon Ritual Union
15 7 7 Blitzen Trapper Love The Way You Walk Away
16 11 7 Mike Doughty Na Na Nothing
17 14 7 My Morning Jacket Wonderful (The Way I Feel)
18 17 2 Tom Waits Back In The Crowd
19 18 3 Noel Gallagher If I Had A Gun
20 20 3 Peter Wolf Crier Settling It Off

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Chart Show 10-27

Posted at 9:00 PM on October 27, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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Bon Iver headlines the impressive Paris Festival put together by the good folks at

Pitchfork this weekend and regains poll position for a record 6th week! The surging

Mason has another show booked at First Ave if you can't make the one on the

Thanksgiving Weekend. Let's give thanks for another great album from Tom Waits!

He was our only new entry, replacing Neon Indian who stopped by to do a session.

A big return for Jane's replaced the inducted Cults, not much other change except...

tUnEyArDs!!?!? "What's that about?!?" 

TW LW Wks 10/27/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 10 Bon Iver Holocene
2 8 10 Mason Jennings Raindrops on the Kitchen Floor
3 3 7 Florence and the Machine What The Water Gave Me
4 1 6 Dawes A Little Bit Of Everything
5 9 5 Dessa Mineshaft
6 6 6 Foster The People Houdini
7 10 6 Blitzen Trapper Love The Way You Walk Away
8 R 5 Jane's Addiction Irresistable Force
9 13 5 Fleet Foxes Grown Ocean
10 19 9 Feist How Come You Never Go There
11 11 6 Mike Doughty Na Na Nothing
12 16 3 St.Vincent Surgeon
13 12 5 Beirut Santa Fe
14 5 6 My Morning Jacket Wonderful (The Way I Feel)
15 4 10 tUnEyArDs You Yes You
16 14 3 Little Dragon Ritual Union
17 X 1 Tom Waits Back In The Crowd
18 7 2 Noel Gallagher If I Had A Gun
19 18 7 Death Cab For Cutie Stay Young, Go Dancing
20 17 2 Peter Wolf Crier Settling It Off

 

Chart Show 10-20

Posted at 9:00 PM on October 20, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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Not much change at the top, same as it ever was, but for the leap by tUnEyArDs.

Their tix were up for grabs, it'll be interesting to see how she pulls off that sound off live.

Good to see Cults grabbing an induction to the HOF, an outsider which is still rare.

We lost Adele and Ben Folds this week but gained a bouyant Noel, his footie team Manchester City went to the top of the league this week too!

Thanks for sustaining us!! We went to the top of the league of public radio stations!

TW LW Wks 10/20/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 5 Dawes A Little Bit Of Everything
2 2 9 Bon Iver Holocene
3 3 6 Florence and the Machine What The Water Gave Me
4 10 9 tUnEyArDs You Yes You
5 6 5 My Morning Jacket Wonderful (The Way I Feel)
6 5 5 Foster The People Houdini
7 X 1 Noel Gallagher If I Had A Gun
8 7 9 Mason Jennings Raindrops on the Kitchen Floor
9 8 4 Dessa Mineshaft
10 11 5 Blitzen Trapper Love The Way You Walk Away
11 9 5 Mike Doughty Na Na Nothing
12 20 4 Beirut Santa Fe
13 12 4 Fleet Foxes Grown Ocean
14 14 2 Little Dragon Ritual Union
15 13 12 Cults Go Outside
16 16 2 St.Vincent Surgeon
17 X 1 Peter Wolf Crier Settling It Off
18 19 6 Death Cab For Cutie Stay Young, Go Dancing
19 15 8 Feist How Come You Never Go There
20 X 1 Neon Indian Polish Girl

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Chart Show 10-13

Posted at 9:00 PM on October 13, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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Bon Iver have had a record 5 weeks at the top displaced this week by a surge for Dawes, (perhaps because their tix were up for grabs?), another sold out show at First Ave! That vote helped MMJ and Little Dragon, love our listener's taste-scope!

The most female artists in one week ever, but otherwise a lot of stasis.

Check out the big show announcements from Dessa's crew, Dawes and Beirut.

Happy Fall!!

TW LW Wks 10/13/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 4 Dawes A Little Bit Of Everything
2 1 8 Bon Iver Holocene
3 3 5 Florence and the Machine What The Water Gave Me
4 4 12 Wilco I Might
5 5 4 Foster The People Houdini
6 18 4 My Morning Jacket Wonderful (The Way I Feel)
7 6 8 Mason Jennings Raindrops On The Kitchen Floor
8 7 3 Dessa Mineshaft
9 9 4 Mike Doughty Na Na Nothing
10 11 8 tUnEyArDs You Yes You
11 12 4 Blitzen Trapper Love The Way You Walk Away
12 20 3 Fleet Foxes Grown Ocean
13 16 11 Cults Go Outside
14 X 1 Little Dragon Ritual Union
15 15 7 Feist How Come You Never Go There
16 X 1 St.Vincent Surgeon
17 17 2 Adele I'll Be Waiting
18 14 4 Ben Folds Five House
19 10 5 Death Cab For Cutie Stay Young, Go Dancing
20 8 3 Beirut Santa Fe

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Chart Show 10-6

Posted at 9:00 PM on October 6, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

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TW LW Wks 10/6/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 7 Bon Iver Holocene
2 5 3 Dawes A Little Bit Of Everything
3 2 4 Florence and the Machine What The Water Gave Me
4 3 11 Wilco I Might
5 13 3 Foster The People Houdini
6 7 7 Mason Jennings Raindrops On The Kitchen Floor
7 15 2 Dessa Mineshaft
8 8 2 Beirut Santa Fe
9 18 3 Mike Doughty Na Na Nothing
10 R 4 Death Cab For Cutie Stay Young, Go Dancing
11 17 7 tUnEyArDs You Yes You
12 12 3 Blitzen Trapper Love The Way You Walk Away
13 9 9 The Jayhawks She Walks In So Many Ways
14 R 3 Ben Folds Five House
15 6 6 Feist How Come You Never Go There
16 20 10 Cults Go Outside
17 X 1 Adele I'll Be Waiting
18 16 3 My Morning Jacket Wonderful (The Way I Feel)
19 14 4 Jane's Addiction Irresistable Force
20 19 2 Fleet Foxes Grown Ocean

Chart Show 9-29

Posted at 9:00 PM on September 29, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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Bon Iver regains #1 to make a total of 5 weeks, another record for the year, after a Florence slip and a Wilco surge, it was tight! Dawes are coming strong, as well as

Beirut as a high new entry and FTP seem to have lost momentum.

Fitz gets inducted, The Kooks and Mike D rebound after a one week absence and Dessa and Fleet Foxes return to improve on their yearly totals. We lost big guns Death Cab, Bjork, Ben Folds and Noel Gallagher.

TW LW Wks 9/29/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 6 Bon Iver Holocene
2 1 3 Florence and the Machine What The Water Gave Me
3 8 10 Wilco I Might
4 3 12 Fitz and the Tantrums Don't Gotta Work It Out
5 11 2 Dawes A Little Bit Of Everything
6 5 5 Feist How Come You Never Go There
7 7 6 Mason Jennings Raindrops On The Kitchen Floor
8 X 1 Beirut Santa Fe
9 10 8 The Jayhawks She Walks In So Many Ways
10 R 2 The Kooks Junk Of The Heart (Happy)
11 14 5 Halloween, Alaska Dance By Accident
12 15 2 Blitzen Trapper Love The Way You Walk Away
13 6 2 Foster The People Houdini
14 16 3 Jane's Addiction Irresistable Force
15 X 1 Dessa Mineshaft
16 18 2 My Morning Jacket Wonderful (The Way I Feel)
17 19 6 tUnEyArDs You Yes You
18 R 2 Mike Doughty Na Na Nothing
19 X 1 Fleet Foxes Grown Ocean
20 20 9 Cults Go Outside

Chart Show 9-22

Posted at 9:00 PM on September 22, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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Just when I thought they were unbeatable, after a record 4 weeks at the top Bon Iver are displaced and with FTP and Feist looking likely challengers Florence might have a fight on her hands to hold on. Two big drops this week:

The Decemberists from #6 and Radiohead falling out from #13.

Consolations for both though, Colin Meloy's book is released and The Colbert Report expands to hold Radiohead!

We also lost Mike Doughty & The Kooks after only a week each.

Listen to the whole love of Wilco's new one and find ways to get tix for the State Theater shows just announced.

You can also check out Looch and Jim on TV talking about the big R.E.M. announcement and give us your memories.

The Wombats get inducted and FTP prove they're not a two hit wonder!

TW LW Wks 9/22/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 7 2 Florence and the Machine What The Water Gave Me
2 1 5 Bon Iver Holocene
3 2 11 Fitz and the Tantrums Don't Gotta Work It Out
4 3 12 The Wombats Techno Fan
5 10 4 Feist How Come You Never Go There
6 X 1 Foster The People Houdini
7 4 5 Mason Jennings Raindrops On The Kitchen Floor
8 8 9 Wilco I Might
9 9 4 Noel Gallagher The Death Of You And Me
10 12 7 The Jayhawks She Walks In So Many Ways
11 X 1 Dawes A Little Bit Of Everything
12 5 2 Ben Folds Five House
13 14 9 Bjork Crystalline
14 15 4 Halloween, Alaska Dance By Accident
15 X 1 Blitzen Trapper Love The way You Walk Away
16 16 2 Jane's Addiction Irresistable Force
17 19 3 Death Cab For Cutie Stay Young, Go Dancing
18 X 1 My Morning Jacket Wonderful (The Way I Feel)
19 11 5 tUnEyArDs You Yes You
20 18 8 Cults Go Outside

Chart Show 9-15

Posted at 9:00 PM on September 15, 2011 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

A bunch of these songs are not released yet and many are from albums we

Current staffers are looking forward to this Fall, check it out here.

Bjork's might take a little longer to come out, adding blood and muscle!?

Wilco announced shows at the State Theatre in Minneapolis on Dec 6 & 7. Tickets for both shows go on sale Saturday, September 24 at Noon.

TW LW Wks 9/15/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 4 Bon Iver Holocene
2 4 10 Fitz and the Tantrums Don't Gotta Work It Out
3 3 11 The Wombats Techno Fan
4 8 4 Mason Jennings Raindrops on the Kitchen Floor
5 X 1 Ben Folds Five House
6 6 5 The Decemberists Calamity Song
7 X 1 Florence and the Machine What The Water Gave Me
8 14 8 Wilco I Might
9 10 3 Noel Gallagher The Death Of You And Me
10 9 3 Feist How Come You Never Go There
11 7 4 tUnEyArDs You Yes You
12 11 6 The Jayhawks She Walks In So Many Ways
13 12 10 Radiohead Little By Little
14 13 8 Bjork Crystalline
15 15 3 Halloween, Alaska Dance By Accident
16 X 1 Jane's Addiction Irresistable Force
17 X 1 Mike Doughty Na Na Nothing
18 17 7 Cults Go Outside
19 20 2 Death Cab For Cutie Stay Young, Go Dancing
20 X 1 The Kooks Junk Of The Heart (Happy)

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Chart Show 9-8

Posted at 9:00 PM on September 8, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Bon Iver stays at the top and looks like they might hold on there for a while as Foster The People and Adele are both inducted into the Chart Hall of Fame. Maybe one of the big jumpers will threaten the #1 spot? tUnEyArDs? Feist? Or even Noel?!?!

Great strong showing for locals with big events here this week; Mason Jennings on the road trip, I'll see you in Duluth Friday night! The Jayhawks at The Fitz with Mary Lucia live on the air on Tuesday. Halloween, Alaska big CD release show at First Ave and on The Local Show.

TW LW Wks 9/8/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 3 Bon Iver Holocene
2 2 12 Foster The People Helena Beat
3 3 10 The Wombats Techno Fan
4 4 9 Fitz and the Tantrums Don't Gotta Work It Out
5 6 12 Adele Someone Like You
6 7 4 The Decemberists Calamity Song
7 13 3 tUnEyArDs You Yes You
8 14 3 Mason Jennings Raindrops on the Kitchen Floor
9 16 2 Feist How Come You Never Go There
10 18 2 Noel Gallagher The Death Of You And Me
11 15 5 The Jayhawks She Walks In So Many Ways
12 5 9 Radiohead Little By Little
13 10 7 Bjork Crystalline
14 9 7 Wilco I Might
15 20 2 Halloween, Alaska Dance By Accident
16 12 3 Red Hot Chilli Peppers The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
17 8 6 Cults Go Outside
18 17 2 The Head and the Heart Honey Come Home
19 11 7 Givers Up Up Up
20 X 1 Death Cab For Cutie Stay Young, Go Dancing

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Chart Show 9-1

Posted at 9:00 PM on September 1, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

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Appropriate that Bon Iver is #1 for the week of the two sold out shows at the Orpheum Theatre, boosted by people trying to win tickets! And his fans helped Adele, Radiohead and Fitz make big leaps.

Lots of change at the base of the Chart, Death Cab, The Rosebuds,Grieves & Haley Bonar falling out, but being replaced with a strong local showing for The Jayhawks and Halloween, Alaska, who've a big show planned at First Ave. Nice to see Noel, Beirut and The Head and the Heart on for the first time.

If you miss the show at 8pm Thurs you'll now be able to listen to an archive on The Chart Show page!!

TW LW Wks 9/1/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 2 Bon Iver Holocene
2 1 11 Foster The People Helena Beat
3 5 9 The Wombats Techno Fan
4 11 8 Fitz and the Tantrums Don't Gotta Work It Out
5 20 8 Radiohead Little By Little
6 16 11 Adele Someone Like You
7 9 3 The Decemberists Calamity Song
8 6 5 Cults Go Outside
9 7 6 Wilco I Might
10 8 6 Bjork Crystalline
11 13 6 Givers Up Up Up
12 15 2 Red Hot Chilli Peppers The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
13 17 2 tUnEyArDs You Yes You
14 19 2 Mason Jennings Raindrops on the Kitchen Floor
15 R 4 The Jayhawks She Walks In So Many Ways
16 X 1 Feist How Come You Never Go There
17 X 1 The Head and The Heart Honey Come Over
18 X 1 Noel Gallagher The Death Of You And Me
19 X 1 Beirut Santa Fe
20 X 1 Halloween, Alaska Dance By Accident

Chart Show 8-25

Posted at 9:00 PM on August 25, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Two more inductees to the Chart Hall of Fame, My Morning Jacket's debut and Dawes for the second time, they debuted in July of 2010 joining a small club of Hall of Famers who have entries from two seperate releases.

Lots of volatility at the low end of the chart this week and we lost The Jayhawks, Foo Fighters, Atmosphere, James Vincent McMorrow and unfortunately The Joy Formidable just as they were poised to be inducted...doh!

Five BIG new entries ...

Bon Iver, have you seen the video? Brilliant pictures of the Icelandic landscape! One of the reasons we fell in love with the place on holiday this summer.

The Rosebuds have a slow burn hit on their hands, they did a great version In-Studio for us recently.

RHCP, we'll be playing more tracks from "I'm With You" this weekend and "Inside the RHCP" on The Current Presents Sunday at 9pm will add depth.

tUnEyArDs are set to blow up huge and it's CD of the Week, read the great Steve Seel review where he proclaims them ...GENIUS!

Local fave Mason Jennings, all the road trip shows he's doing are sold out but Electric Fetus are giving tix to the in-store on Sept 11th to those pre-ordering 'Minnesota' his new album.

Seeya at The Fair.

TW LW Wks 8/25/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 10 Foster The People Helena Beat
2 X 1 Bon Iver Holocene
3 6 12 Dawes Time Spent In Los Angeles
4 2 2 Death Cab For Cutie Monday Morning
5 10 8 The Wombats Techno Fan
6 7 5 Cults Go Outside
7 4 5 Wilco I Might
8 8 5 Bjork Crystalline
9 5 2 The Decemberists Calamity Song
10 3 12 My Morning Jacket Holding On To Black Metal
11 14 7 Fitz and the Tantrums Don't Gotta Work It Out
12 16 2 Grieves On The Rocks
13 11 5 The Givers Up Up Up
14 X 1 The Rosebuds Woods
15 X 1 Red Hot Chilli Peppers The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie
16 9 10 Adele Someone Like You
17 X 1 tUnEyArDs You Yes You
18 20 2 Haley Bonar Raggedy Man
19 X 1 Mason Jennings Raindrops on the Kitchen Floor
20 12 9 Radiohead Little By Little

Chart Show 8-18

Posted at 9:00 PM on August 18, 2011 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

Weird week, remember weird is NOT always bad, but a technical glitch meant
The Chart Show ballot wasn't available for a while, sorry to those who tried!
 
Thanks to their fans trying to get to the big show at Roy Wilkins on the 26th
Death Cab made a high new entry, and so did The Decemberists, not a huge
Calamity! A nice group of newcomers; Grieves, Haley Bonar & James Vincent
McMorrow replace Old 97's, Eddie Vedder and The Strokes after a 9 week run.
 
4th total week at #1 for Foster The People, the 3rd best chart artist behind;
Adele and Fleet Foxes. Look for a replay of the sessions we've done with
Adele when she's in town next Wednesday for a sold out show at Excel.
At 7.30am with Steve and Jill and 6.30pm with me, when she was only 19!
 
cheers
mw
 
P.S....Our new #20 also plays in the band 'Gramma's Boyfriend' who are at
The West Bank Music Fest with chart star of the past...and future, Dessa!
 
Thanks to Jade for hosting this week, she along with Barb & Jill Riley will be at
Soundtown all weekend and they'll be checking in on air.
 
TW LW Wks 8/18/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 9 Foster The People Helena Beat
2 X 1 Death Cab For Cutie Monday Morning
3 7 11 My Morning Jacket Holding On To Black Metal
4 15 5 Wilco I Might
5 X 1 The Decemberists Calamity Song
6 4 11 Dawes Time Spent In Los Angeles
7 14 4 Cults Go Outside
8 10 4 Bjork Crystalline
9 11 9 Adele Someone Like You
10 5 7 The Wombats Techno Fan
11 20 4 Givers Up Up Up
12 9 8 Radiohead Little By Little
13 18 11 The Joy Formidable Whirring
14 6 6 Fitz and the Tantrums Don't Gotta Work It Out
15 16 3 The Jayhawks She Walks In So Many Ways
16 X 1 Grieves On The Rocks
17 X 1 James Vincent McMorrow Sparrow and the Wolf
18 19 3 Foo Fighters Dear Rosemary
19 12 9 Atmosphere She's Enough
20 X 1 Haley Bonar Raggedy Man

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Chart Show 8-11

Posted at 9:00 PM on August 11, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: Programs, The Chart Show

Fleet Foxes inducted into the Chart Hall of Fame with a total of 4 weeks at
Number One with "Montezuma". That means they have tied Adele for most
Number One's of the year. They had 2 weeks at the top with "Helplessness
Blues". Adele was at the top last week for the first time with "Someone Like
You". "Rumor Has It" spent 5 weeks there, though not consecutively.
Bon Iver are inducted too for the first time and so it seems like a cinch for
Foster The People to claim Number One and that will give them a total of 4.
 
Jessica Lea dropped off after 5 weeks and it was a bad week for cover songs,
Nick & Neko and Florence dropped off too. Old 97's, Givers and Cults return.
Bjork gets a kick from all of my Icelandic vacation talk of the past week.
Wonderful place, amazing landscape, cool music scene, lots of cats and...
Puffins?!
 
TW LW Wks 8/11/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 3 12 Fleet Foxes Montezuma
2 6 8 Foster The People Helena Beat
3 2 12 Bon Iver  Calgary
4 9 10 Dawes Time Spent In Los Angeles
5 10 6 The Wombats Techno Fan
6 7 5 Fitz and the Tantrums Don't Gotta Work It Out
7 4 10 My Morning Jacket Holding On To Black Metal
8 12 2 Eddie Vedder Without You
9 14 7 Radiohead Little By Little
10 20 3 Bjork Crystalline
11 1 8 Adele Someone Like You
12 5 8 Atmosphere She's Enough
13 R 2 Old 97's Perfume
14 R 3 Cults Go Outside
15 16 4 Wilco I Might
16 18 2 The Jayhawks She Walks In So Many Ways
17 13 9 The Strokes Machu Picchu
18 17 10 The Joy Formidable Whirring
19 15 2 Foo Fighters Dear Rosemary
20 R 3 Givers Up Up Up

Chart Show 8-4

Posted at 9:00 PM on August 4, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

More votes this week than any other for the past year, lots of peeps want
Adele tickets apparently!? Her fans had a considerable influence but perhaps
NOT in the ways you would expect. Obviously they like cover songs as Neko
Case & Nick Cave's version of a Zombies song is a new entry, along with
Florence and the Machine returning with their take on Buddy Holly. Who knew
Eddie Vedder was also a fave of theirs?! And Foo Fighters haven't been on the
Chart since May when we last gave away tickets to her show.
 
With those changes, The Jayhawks storming in for the first time and a return for
Wilco there's six who have dropped off this week after short stays; Two locals
Halloween Alaska and Brian Just Band, and then Givers, Old 97's, Cults and
Arctic Monkeys.
 
 
TW LW Wks 8/4/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 7 Adele Someone Like You
2 1 11 Bon Iver Calgary
3 3 11 Fleet Foxes Montezuma
4 9 9 My Morning Jacket Holding On To Black Metal
5 5 7 Atmosphere She's Enough
6 4 7 Foster The People Helena Beat
7 7 4 Fitz and the Tantrums Don't Gotta Work It Out
8 R 2 Florence and the Machine Not Fade Away
9 8 9 Dawes Time Spent In Los Angeles
10 7 5 The Wombats Techno Fan
11 X 1 Neko Case and Nick Cave She's Not There
12 X 1 Eddie Vedder Without You
13 13 8 The Strokes Machu Picchu
14 12 6 Radiohead Little By Little
15 X 1 Foo Fighters Dear Rosemary
16 R 3 Wilco I Might
17 11 9 The Joy Formidable Whirring
18 X 1 The Jayhawks She Walks In So Many Ways
19 10 5 Jessica Lea Mayfield Blue Skies Again
20 16 2 Bjork Crystalline

Chart Show 7-28

Posted at 9:01 PM on July 28, 2011 by David Safar (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

This week on The Chart Show, Bon Iver knocks Fleet Foxes from the #1 spot, and Adele climbs to #2.  Foster the People's "Helena Beat" moves up to #6, and The Strokes re-enter the chart at #13.  Cults, Halloween Alaska, and Givers hold on for a second week on The Chart, as we lost Florence and the Machine, Wilco, TV On The Radio, and tUnE-yArDs.  New entries by Bjork at #16, Old 97's at #18, and Brian Just Band at #20 (local). 

 

TW LW Wks 7/28/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 10 Bon Iver Calgary
2 5 6 Adele Someone Like You
3 1 10 Fleet Foxes Montezuma
4 6 6 Foster The People Helena Beat
5 4 6 Atmosphere She's Enough
6 7 4 The Wombats Techno Fan
7 10 3 Fitz and The Tantrums Don't Gonna Work It Out
8 3 8 Dawes Time Spent In Los Angeles
9 12 8 My Morning Jacket Holding On To Black Metal
10 15 4 Jessica Lea Mayfield Blue Skies Again
11 11 8 The Joy Formidale Whirring
12 16 5 Radiohead Little By Little
13 R 7 The Strokes Machu Picchu
14 17 2 Cults Go Outside
15 19 3 Arctic Monkeys Don't Sit Down Cause I've Moved Your Chair
16 X 1 Bjork Crystalline
17 8 2 Halloween, Alaska Dance By Accident
18 X 1 Old 97's Perfume
19 18 2 Givers Up Up Up
20 X 1 Brian Just Band Electric

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Chart Show 7-21

Posted at 9:01 PM on July 21, 2011 by David Safar (2 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver hold onto the #1 and #2 spots on the chart this week. There were some strong new entries from Halloween, Alaska, Florence and the Machine with her cover of Buddy Holly's "Not Fade Away." Plus we see debuts from Cults, Givers, and tUnE-yArDs. Fitz and the Tantrums and the Arctic Monkeys re-enter the chart this week as we lost Thurston Moore, Cage the Elephant, and Sharon Van Etten.

Don't forget to vote for your favorites for next week.

TW LW Wks 7/21/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 9 Fleet Foxes Montezuma
2 2 9 Bon Iver Calgary
3 10 7 Dawes Time Spent In Los Angeles
4 7 5 Atmosphere She's Enough
5 4 5 Adele  Someone Like You
6 9 5 Foster The People Helena Beat
7 12 3 The Wombats Techno Fan
8 X 1 Halloween, Alaska Dance By Accident
9 15 2 Wilco I Might
10 R 2 Fitz and The Tantrums Don't Gonna Work It Out
11 11 7 The Joy Formidable Whirring
12 8 7 My Morning Jacket Holding On To Black Metal
13 19 2 TV On The Radio Second Song
14 X 1 Florence and the Machine Not Fade Away
15 17 3 Jessica Lea Mayfield Blue Skies Again
16 13 4 Radiohead Little By Little
17 X 1 Cults Go Outside
18 X 1 Givers Up Up Up
19 R 2 Arctic Monkeys Don't Sit Down Cause I've Moved Your Chair
20 X 1 tUnE-yArDs You Yes You

 

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Chart Show 7-14

Posted at 9:00 PM on July 14, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Status quo at the top this week, with the big names solidifying their positions.
Death Cab and Arcade Fire, two of the biggest, also get inducted this week.
It's a record fourth time for Arcade Fire from the Suburbs album, equal to a
Grammy?!
 
Two other big names are new on the chart for the very first time, Wilco and
Thurston Moore who will be Mary's guest in the UBS Forum on Monday and at
The Varsity Theater that night too.
 
We lost DeVotchka after 8 weeks, Gomez after 4 and Fitz after one, he had a
Tantrum!!  Stay cool this weekend and root for the USA Women's team in the
World Cup Finals!! (That's soccer!)
 
For the next two weeks David Safar will be compiling and Jade hosting the
Chart Show while I go on vacation to Iceland and the UK.  Thanks to them.
See you when I'm older!
 
 
TW LW Wks 7/14/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 8 Fleet Foxes Montezuma
2 2 8 Bon Iver Calgary
3 3 12 Arcade Fire We Used To Wait
4 4 4 Adele Someone Like You
5 7 6 The Strokes Machu Picchu
6 5 12 Death Cab For Cutie You Are A Tourist
7 8 4 Atmosphere She's Enough
8 10 6 My Morning Jacket Holding On To Black Metal
9 11 4 Foster The People Helena Beat
10 13 6 Dawes Time Spent In Los Angeles
11 9 6 The Joy Formidable Whirring
12 17 2 The Wombats Techno Fan
13 18 3 Radiohead Little By Little
14 20 2 Sharon Van Etten One Day
15 X 1 Wilco I Might
16 15 7 The Rural Alberta Advantage The Breakup
17 16 2 Jessica Lea Mayfield Blue Skies Again
18 X 1 Thurston Moore Circulation
19 X 1 TV On The Radio Second Song
20 X 1 Cage The Elephant Around My Head

Chart Show 7-7

Posted at 9:00 PM on July 7, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Brand new #1 bouyed by the offer of tickets to the sold out Fleet Foxes show.
Their "Hopelessness Blues" spent two weeks at the top. Big leaps too for
Adele, Atmosphere and The Strokes, and a big influx of new stuff including
Radiohead after a two week break.
It's the first time we've had two female artists who both have three names and a
UK band who have an Australian name!
Danger Mouse and Danielle Luppi are inducted into the Hall of Fame, we lost
Tapes 'n Tapes after 6 weeks, Arctic Monkeys and Booker T after only one.
We will be talking about this chart and the national sales charts on the new
Musicheads as part of our revamped 10pm programming next week.
Thanks for listening!
 
 
TW LW Wks 7/7/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 4 7 Fleet Foxes Montezuma
2 1 7 Bon Iver Calgary
3 2 11 Arcade Fire We Used To Wait
4 16 3 Adele Someone Like You
5 6 11 Death Cab For Cutie You Are A Tourist
6 3 12 Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi Two Against One
7 13 5 The Strokes Machu Picchu
8 14 3 Atmosphere She's Enough
9 8 5 The Joy Formidable Whirring
10 5 5 My Morning Jacket Holding On To Black Metal
11 7 3 Foster The People Helena Beat
12 10 8 DeVotchka The Man from San Sebastian
13 11 5 Dawes Time Spent In Los Angeles
14 12 4 Gomez Options
15 17 6 The Rural Alberta Advantage The Breakup
16 X 1 Jessica Lea Mayfield Blue Skies Again
17 X 1 The Wombats Techno Fan
18 R 2 Radiohead Little By Little
19 X 1 Fitz and the Tantrums Don't Gotta Work It Out
20 X 1 Sharon Van Etten One Day

Chart Show 6-30

Posted at 9:01 PM on June 30, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Congrats to Bon Iver for making it to our #1 and #2 on Billboard's sales chart!
Arcade Fire drop from the top after two weeks as they play their biggest ever
UK show to 60,000 peeps in London's Hyde Park  this weekend.
Iron And Wine get inducted for the second time and making her debut in the
Hall Of Fame, Lykke Li JUST manages to hold on. We lost Beastie Boys after
8 weeks and Rogue Valley after only one.
Booker gets a nice little boost from his RTG performance and the power of the
CD of The Week stokes the Arctic Monkeys into the chart for the first time.
I'll have a pint of Dandelion and Burdock to celebrate!  Try to stay cool and...
Happy Fourth!!
 
TW LW Wks 6/30/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 6 Bon Iver Calgary
2 1 10 Arcade Fire We Used To Wait
3 5 11 Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi Two Against One
4 3 6 Fleet Foxes Montezuma
5 4 4 My Morning Jacket Holding On To Black Metal
6 7 10 Death Cab For Cutie You Are A Tourist
7 16 2 Foster The People Helena Beat
8 17 4 The Joy Formidable Whirring
9 6 12 Iron and Wine Me And Lazarus
10 10 7 DeVotchka The Man From San Sebastian
11 9 4 Dawes Time Spent In Los Angeles
12 13 3 Gomez Options
13 18 4 The Strokes Machu Picchu
14 19 2 Atmosphere She's Enough
15 X 1 Arctic Monkeys Don't Sit Down...
16 15 2 Adele Someone Like You
17 14 5 The Rural Alberta Advantage The Breakup
18 11 6 Tapes 'n Tapes Badaboom
19 12 12 Lykke Li I Follow Rivers
20 X 1 Booker T. Jones Everything Is Everything

Chart Show 6-23

Posted at 9:00 PM on June 23, 2011 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

With all the ticket fever today and CD of the Week status it's surprising that
Bon Iver was held out of the top spot. Arcade Fire are still formidable foes!
Big boosts for MMJ and TnT with RTG fever and nice that Rogue Valley one of
The Local Music Exchange bands got a push. Any of the Seattle bands that
YOU think should be added to our list?
 
Our friends at NPR just did a poll for the best release of the first half of the year.
The Decemberists won. They'd be in our Top 5, judging by the votes here.
#2 Fleet Foxes, #3 Adele, #4 Bon Iver and FTP, ONLY #47 on their list would too.
Radiohead made it to #5 on NPR but they've dropped off ours this week after only
ONE week for the second song from 'King Of Limbs' so I would ask, do fans of
Radiohead really think this is a good album or what?! Discuss.
Two Door Cinema Club and Lupe Fiasco also dropped off this week
 
 
TW LW Wks 6/23/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 9 Arcade Fire We Used To Wait
2 3 5 Bon Iver Calgary
3 4 5 Fleet Foxes Montezuma
4 11 3 My Morning Jacket Holding On To Black Metal
5 2 10 Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi   Two Against One
6 5 11 Iron and Wine Me and Lazarus
7 6 9 Death Cab For Cutie You Are A Tourist
8 7 8 Beastie Boys Make Some Noise
9 9 3 Dawes Time Spent In Los Angeles
10 20 6 DeVotchka The Man From San Sebastian
11 19 5 Tapes 'n Tapes Badaboom
12 12 11 Lykke Li I Follow Rivers
13 15 2 Gomez Options
14 8 4 The Rural Alberta Advantage The Breakup
15 X 1 Adele Someone Like You
16 X 1 Foster The People Helena Beat
17 17 3 The Joy Formidable Whirring
18 18 3 The Strokes Machu Picchu
19 X 1 Atmosphere She's Enough
20 X 1 Rogue Valley Onward and Over

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Chart Show 6-16

Posted at 9:02 PM on June 16, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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TW LW Wks 6/16/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 8 Arcade Fire We Used To Wait
2 4 9 Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi Two Against One
3 2 4 Bon Iver Calgary
4 3 4 Fleet Foxes Montezuma
5 10 10 Iron And Wine Me And Lazarus
6 7 8 Death Cab For Cutie You Are A Tourist
7 9 7 Beastie Boys Make Some Noise
8 17 3 The Rural Alberta Advantage The Breakup
9 14 2 Dawes Time Spent In Los Angeles
10 6 12 The Decemberists Rox In The Box
11 5 2 My Morning Jacket Holding On To Black Metal
12 8 10 Lykke Li I Follow Rivers
13 11 4 Two Door Cinema Club What You Know
14 X 1 Radiohead Little By Little
15 X 1 Gomez Options
16 15 5 Lupe Fiasco Till I Get There
17 12 2 The Joy Formidable Whirring
18 20 2 The Strokes Machu Picchu
19 16 5 Tapes 'n Tapes Badaboom
20 19 5 DeVotchka The Man From San Sebastian

 

Chart Show Hall of Fame 2011 

 The Decemberists   "Rox In The Box"   (6-16)   <2nd>
Atmosphere   "Just For Show"   (6-9)   <3rd>
Foster The People   "Pumped Up Kicks"   (6-2)
Adele   "Rumor Has It"   (6-2)   <2nd>
Radiohead   "Lotus Flower"   (5-26)
Fleet Foxes   "Hopelessness Blues"   (5-12)
Cake   "Long Time"   (5-12)
Rural Alberta Advantage   "Stamp"   (5-5)   <2nd>
Dessa   "Alibi"   (5-5)     <3rd>
Jeremy Messersmith   "A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard"   (4-21)   <3rd>
Cloud Cult   'There's So Much Energy In Us"  (4-7)   <2nd>
Cage The Elephant   "Shake Me Down"   (3-24)
Iron And Wine   "Tree By The River"   (3-24)
Sufjan Stevens   "I Walked"   (3-10)
Arcade Fire   "Modern Man"   (3-3)   <3rd>
Atmosphere   "The Best Day"   (3-3)  <2nd>
Adele   "Rolling In The Deep"   (2-24)
Mason Jennings   "Child of Nature"   (2-17)
Pert Near Sandstone   "I Am The Walrus"   (2-17)
Mumford and Sons   "Awake My Soul"   (2-17)  <4th>
The Decemberists   "Down By The Water"   (2-10)
Tapes 'n Tapes   "Freak Out"   (2-10)
Matt and Kim   "Cameras"  (1-20)  
The Black Keys   "Sinister Kid"   (1-20)   <3rd>
Roma Di Luna   "Before I Die"   (1-13) 
The National   "Conversation 16"   (1-6)   <3rd>

Chart Show 6-9

Posted at 9:01 PM on June 9, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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Titanic battle for the top spot this week with lots of the big names surging, but
Arcade Fire came out on top getting a lift from the fans wanting tix to RTG.
MMJ are the highest new entry, and a lot of their fans voted for Arcade Fire and
The Joy Formidable, another hooj guitar sound coming in at #12.
 
Atmosphere's 2nd induction is the 8th overall local entry this year for the Chart
Hall of Fame. There's been 23 inductees so far this year, almost exactly half
2010's total of 47. We're close to the halfway point of the year, that's really a
CRAZY stat!?!
 
Sad, The Cars dropped out after 2 weeks with "Sad Song" and after 8 weeks
Low's "Try To Sleep" was sent to 'sleep with the fishes'.
 
TW LW Wks 6/9/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 6 7 Arcade Fire We Used To Wait
2 4 3 Bon Iver Calgary
3 8 3 Fleet Foxes Montezuma
4 9 8 Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi Two Against One
5 X 1 My Morning Jacket Holding On To Black Metal
6 3 11 The Decemberists Rox In The Box
7 5 7 Death Cab For Cutie You Are A Tourist
8 7 9 Lykke Li I Follow Rivers
9 13 6 Beastie Boys Make Some Noise
10 2 9 Iron And Wine Me And Lazarus
11 17 3 Two Door Cinema Club What You Know
12 X 1 The Joy Formidable Whirring
13 15 12 Atmosphere Just For Show
14 X 1 Dawes Time Spent In Los Angeles
15 12 4 Lupe Fiasco Till I Get There
16 18 4 Tapes 'n Tapes Badaboom
17 19 2 The Rural Alberta Advantage The Breakup
18 16 2 Two Harbors Lately
19 20 4 DeVotchka The Man From San Sebastian
20 X 1 The Strokes Machu Picchu

Chart Show 6-2

Posted at 9:00 PM on June 2, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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FTP get inducted into the Chart Hall of Fame returning to the top and holds off
Bon Iver who seem to destined to take over, as Adele joins the HOF too.
Iron & Wine got a nice boost from their tickets being given away, one of many
SOLD OUT shows that we're having this year for lots of the bands that chart.
 
We lost all the bands with 'and the' in their name, Florence and Fitz. Debuts by
Two Harbors and The RAA make it a strong week to have a place in your name.
Second visit to the chart for DeVotchka, bouyed by their Sound Town date?
 
TW LW Wks 6/2/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 12 Foster The People Pumped Up Kicks
2 7 8 Iron and Wine Me and Lazarus
3 3 10 The Decemberists Rox In The Box
4 18 2 Bon Iver Calgary
5 8 6 Death Cab For Cutie You Are A Tourist
6 9 6 Arcade Fire We Used To Wait
7 6 8 Lykke Li I Follow Rivers
8 10 2 Fleet Foxes Montezuma
9 5 7 Danger Mouse & Danielle Luppi Two Against One
10 1 12 Adele Rumor Has It
11 15 8 Low Try To Sleep
12 12 3 Lupe Fiasco Till I Get There
13 4 5 Beastie Boys Make Some Noise
14 19 2 The Cars Sad Song
15 11 11 Atmosphere Just For Show
16 X 1 Two Harbors Lately
17 20 2 Two Door Cinema Club What You Know
18 17 3 Tapes 'n Tapes Badaboom
19 X 1 The Rural Alberta Advantage The Breakup
20 R 3 DeVotchka The Man From San Sebastian

Chart Show 5-26

Posted at 9:00 PM on May 26, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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An unchanged Top 3, which I don't think has happened before, nor has the

#1 ever been in town on the same night to play a sold out show!

Big rise for Death Cab and new entry for The Cars, both just played in town.

Radiohead are inducted into The Chart Hall of Fame, see below for an update.

We lost Foo Fighters, DeVotchka, The Head and the Heart and TVOTR.

TW LW Wks 5/26/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 11 Adele Rumor Has It
2 2 11 Foster The People Pumped Up Kicks
3 3 9 The Decemberists Rox In The Box
4 6 4 Beastie Boys Make Some Noise
5 7 6 Dangermouse & Daniele Luppi Two Against One
6 8 7 Lykke Li I Follow Rivers
7 9 7 Iron and Wine Me and Lazarus
8 12 5 Death Cab For Cutie You Are A Tourist
9 4 5 Arcade Fire We Used To Wait
10 X 1 Fleet Foxes Montezuma
11 13 10 Atmosphere Just For Show
12 17 2 Lupe Fiasco Till I Get There
13 5 4 Florence and the Machine You've Got The Love
14 10 12 Radiohead Lotus Flower
15 15 7 Low Try To Sleep
16 14 3 Fitz and the Tantrums L.O.V.
17 20 2 Tapes 'n Tapes Badaboom
18 X 1 Bon Iver Calgary
19 X 1 The Cars Sad Song
20 X 1 Two Door Cinema Club What You Know

 

Chart Show Hall of Fame 2011 
 
Radiohead   "Lotus Flower"   (5-26)
Fleet Foxes   "Hopelessness Blues"   (5-12)
Cake   "Long Time"   (5-12)
Rural Alberta Advantage   "Stamp"   (5-5)   <2nd>
Dessa   "Alibi"   (5-5)     <3rd>
Jeremy Messersmith   "A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard"   (4-21)   <3rd>
Cloud Cult   'There's So Much Energy In Us"  (4-7)   <2nd>
Cage The Elephant   "Shake Me Down"   (3-24)
Iron And Wine   "Tree By The River"   (3-24)
Sufjan Stevens   "I Walked"   (3-10)
Arcade Fire   "Modern Man"   (3-3)   <3rd>
Atmosphere   "The Best Day"   (3-3)
Adele   "Rolling In The Deep"   (2-24)
Mason Jennings   "Child of Nature"   (2-17)
Pert Near Sandstone   "I Am The Walrus"   (2-17)
Mumford and Sons   "Awake My Soul"   (2-17)  <4th>
The Decemberists   "Down By The Water"   (2-10)
Tapes 'n Tapes   "Freak Out"   (2-10)
Matt and Kim   "Cameras"  (1-20)  
The Black Keys   "Sinister Kid"   (1-20)   <3rd>
Roma Di Luna   "Before I Die"   (1-13) 
The National   "Conversation 16"   (1-6)   <3rd>

Chart Show 5-19

Posted at 9:00 PM on May 19, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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Thank You!! A record number of votes this week. Most were trying to get the
Adele tickets, hence her 4th week at the top. Florence, Danger Mouse &
Daniele Luppi and Fitz and the Tantrums were all big movers up the chart.
Lupe and The Head and the Heart nice surprise new entries, sadly we lost
Sims after 3 weeks on the chart just as he and Dessa get home after their
Into The Spin tour to the west coast, there's some great pics at Doomtree.
 
TW LW Wks 5/19/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 12 10 Adele Rumor Has It
2 1 10 Foster The People Pumped Up Kicks
3 6 8 The Decemberists Rox In The Box
4 2 4 Arcade Fire We Used To Wait
5 11 3 Florence and the Machine You've Got The Love
6 3 3 Beastie Boys Make Some Noise
7 16 5 Dangermouse & Daniele Luppi Two Against One
8 5 6 Lykke Li I Follow Rivers
9 8 6 Iron and Wine Me and Lazarus
10 9 11 Radiohead Lotus Flower
11 10 9 TV on the Radio Will Do
12 13 4 Death Cab For Cutie You Are A Tourist
13 15 9 Atmosphere Just For Show
14 20 2 Fitz and the Tantrums L.O.V.
15 17 6 Low Try To Sleep
16 14 3 Foo Fighters Rope
17 X 1 Lupe Fiasco Till I Get There
18 X 1 The Head and the Heart Lost In My Mind
19 19 2 DeVotchka The Man From San Sebastian
20 X 1 Tapes 'n Tapes Badaboom

Chart Show 5-12

Posted at 9:00 PM on May 12, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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The scrappy underdog, Foster the People holds off a surge from bigboys

Arcade Fire. A BIG week for the Beastie Boys, while yoyo Adele plummets

AGAIN! CD of the Week Fleet Foxes inducted into the Hall of Fame as are

Cake who will be doing a Theft of the Dial with Barb Tues 5/17/11 at 11am.

That night at 8.45pm we'll also have an interview with Danger Mouse and

Danielle Luppi as their new colab 'Rome' is released.

 
TW LW Wks 5/12/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 9 Foster The People Pumped Up Kicks
2 8 3 Arcade Fire We Used To Wait
3 13 2 Beastie Boys Make Some Noise
4 5 12 Fleet Foxes Hopelessness Blues
5 4 5 Lykke Li I Follow Rivers
6 6 7 The Decemberists Rox In The Box
7 3 12 Cake Long Time
8 10 5 Iron and Wine Me And Lazarus
9 15 10 Radiohead Lotus Flower
10 16 8 TV On The Radio Will Do
11 12 2 Florence and the Machine You've Got The Love
12 2 9 Adele Rumor Has It
13 7 3 Death Cab For Cutie You Are A Tourist
14 14 2 Foo Fighters Rope
15 17 8 Atmosphere Just For Show
16 20 4 Dangermouse & Daniele Luppi Two Against One
17 18 5 Low Try To Sleep
18 19 3 Sims Burn It Down
19 X 1 DeVotchka The Man From San Sebastian
20 X 1 Fitz and the Tantrums L.O.V.

Chart Show 5-5

Posted at 9:00 PM on May 5, 2011 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
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Finally, while all the big name bands bounce up and down the chart, after
4 weeks at # 2 Foster The People make it to the top! It's Adele's Birthday,
(22 I presume?) but she didn't make it back to #1, to celebrate. 
Giving tickets away helped Cake to their highest position yet so they and
Fleet Foxes are poised and Rural and Dessa are inducted this week to The
Chart Hall of Fame.
 
Some big names make their debut mid-table so it looks like a big fight for
#1 next week OR will Foster hold on, now they're there? But then TVOTR &
Radiohead have under-performed and this week we lost, surprisingly, The
Kills, Bright Eyes and The Strokes. So anything can happen, it's up to you!
 
TW LW Wks 5/5/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 8 Foster The People Pumped Up Kicks
2 7 8 Adele Rumor Has It
3 11 11 Cake Long Time
4 6 4 Lykke Li I Follow Rivers
5 3 11 Fleet Foxes Homelessness Blues
6 1 6 The Decemberists Rox In The Box
7 8 2 Death Cab For Cutie You Are A Tourist
8 4 2 Arcade Fire We Used To Wait
9 10 12 Rural Alberta Advantage Stamp
10 5 4 Iron and Wine Me And Lazarus
11 14 12 Dessa Alibi
12 X 1 Florence and the Machine You've Got The Love
13 X 1 Beastie Boys Make Some Noise
14 X 1 Foo Fighters Rope
15 13 9 Radiohead Lotus Flower
16 12 7 TV On The Radio Will Do
17 15 7 Atmosphere Just For Show
18 16 4 Low Try To Sleep
19 20 2 Sims Burn It Down
20 19 3 Dangermouse & Daniele Luppi Two Against One

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Chart Show 4-28

Posted at 9:00 PM on April 28, 2011 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
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Great to see Sims make it in this week, just as his label and tour mate

Dessa preps to be inducted! Two other big new entries from Arcade Fire and

Death Cab For Cutie. First time at #1 for The Decemberists as the yoyoing

Adele drops again! Another strong week for Lykke Li should be a big fight for

Number One next week. And thanks to Dave Campbell for hosting!

TW LW Wks 4/28/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 5 5 The Decemberists Rox In The Box
2 3 7 Foster The People Pumped Up Kicks
3 2 10 Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues
4 X 1 Arcade Fire We Used To Wait
5 4 3 Iron and Wine Me And Lazarus
6 10 3 Lykke Li I Follow Rivers
7 1 7 Adele Rumor Has It
8 X 1 Death Cab For Cutie You Are A Tourist
9 6 4 The Kills Satellite
10 9 11 Rural Alberta Advantage Stamp
11 8 10 Cake Long Time
12 16 6 TV On The Radio Will Do
13 14 8 Radiohead Lotus Flower
14 11 11 Dessa Alibi
15 17 6 Atmosphere Just For Show
16 12 3 Low Try To Sleep
17 13 8 The Strokes Under Cover Of Darkness
18 15 2 Bright Eyes Shell Games
19 20 2 Dangermouse & Daniele Luppi Two Against One
20 X 1 Sims Burn It Down

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Chart Show 4-21

Posted at 9:00 PM on April 21, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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Adele does her yoyo thing again, back to the top after a two week slump.
Jeremy is inducted for the 3rd time, fitting after his spectacular show at
The Fitz which you can hear archived, let's make that an annual event!
Especially sad to see TVOTR take a tumble after the passing of bass player
Gerard forced them to cancel their two sold out First Ave shows.
We lost Idle Hands after a good 6 week run and Fitz and the Tantrums after
9 weeks on the the chart. 
 
TW LW Wks 4/21/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 9 6 Adele Rumor Has It
2 1 9 Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues
3 2 6 Foster The People Pumped Up Kicks
4 4 2 Iron and Wine Me and Lazarus
5 8 4 The Decemberists Rox In The Box
6 10 3 The Kills Satellite
7 6 12 Jeremy Messersmith A Girl, A Boy and a Graveyard
8 12 9 Cake Long Time
9 7 10 Rural Alberta Advantage Stamp
10 20 2 Lykke Li I Follow Rivers
11 11 10 Dessa Alibi
12 16 2 Low Try To Sleep
13 15 7 The Strokes Under Cover Of Darkness
14 5 7 Radiohead Lotus Flower
15 X 1 Bright Eyes Shell Games
16 3 5 TV on the Radio Will Do
17 17 6 Atmosphere Just For Show
18 14 2 Jessica Lee Mayfield Our Hearts Are Wrong
19 13 2 Florence and the Machine You've Got The Love
20 X 1 Dangermouse & Daniele Luppi Two Against One
 
 
 
 

Chart Show 4-14

Posted at 10:00 PM on April 14, 2011 by David Safar
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Listeners have shaken up the chart this week with some exciting new entries and a strong chart debut from an artist recently in our UBS Forum. Standing at the top of the chart is Fleet Foxes with the #1, and Foster the People with the #2 spots this week. Five local artists/bands made the chart as the station launches Local Current, an all Minnesota music stream. Jeremy Messersmith moves up to the #6 spot for his 11th week on the chart. Will he make the HOF next week? Dessa stays on the chart for a 9th week with her song "Alibi," and at the bottom of the chart is the Idle Hands, Atmosphere, and a new entry by Low. Other new entries this week include Florence and the Machine and Jessica Lea Mayfield at the #13 and #14 spots. Plus, a strong debut from Iron and Wine following Sam Beam's visit to the The Current/UBS Forum this week.

TW

LW

Wks

4/14/2011

The Current Chart Show

 

 

 

Artist

Song

1

1

8

Fleet Foxes

Helplessness Blues

2

2

5

Foster The People

Pumped Up Kicks

3

6

4

TV On The Radio

Will Do

4

X

1

Iron and Wine

Me and Lazarus

5

9

6

Radiohead

Lotus Flower

6

11

11

Jeremy Messersmith

A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard

7

5

9

The Rural Alberta Advantage

Stamp

8

15

3

The Decemberists

Rox In The Box

9

4

5

Adele

Rumor Has It

10

20

2

The Kills

Satellite

11

12

9

Dessa

Alibi

12

7

8

Cake

Long Time

13

X

1

Florence and The Machine

You've Got The Love

14

X

1

Jessica Lea Mayfield

Our Hearts Are Wrong

15

16

6

The Strokes

Under Cover of Darkness

16

X

1

Low

Try To Sleep

Chart Show 4-7

Posted at 9:00 PM on April 7, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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Rumor has it has had it! At the top that is, Adele has been known as a
Yoyo artist and Radiohead are doing the same thing, falling again this week.
Other wise a stable chart with no new entries and just one inductee to the
HOF; Cloud Cult. Lots of locals moving down, including our next CD of the
Week Atmosphere's 'Family Sign' released next week. Rural Alberta call the
Twin Cities their second home, they got a big boost back up, as did PB&J.
 
TW LW Wks 4/7/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 5 7 Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues
2 2 4 Foster The People Pumped Up Kicks
3 4 10 Drive By Truckers Used To Be A Cop
4 1 4 Adele Rumor Has It
5 16 8 Rural Alberta Advantage Stamp
6 9 3 TV On The Radio Will Do
7 8 7 Cake Long Time
8 17 4 Peter Bjorn and John Second Chance
9 3 5 Radiohead Lotus Flower
10 10 4 The Black Keys Next Girl
11 6 10 Jeremy Messersmith A Girl, A Boy and a Graveyard
12 7 8 Dessa Alibi
13 14 12 Cloud Cult There's So Much Energy In Us
14 13 8 Lissie When I'm Alone
15 19 2 The Decemberists Rox In The Box
16 18 5 The Strokes Under Cover Of Darkness
17 12 5 The Idle Hands Socialite Death Squad
18 15 8 Fitz and the Tantrums MoneyGrabber
19 11 4 Atmosphere Just For Show
20 20 1 The Kills Satellite

Chart Show 3-31

Posted at 9:00 PM on March 31, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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Foster the People have been able to foster many people as fans here!
Big move up to #2 and playing a sold out show Friday at The 7th St. Entry.
Radiohead rebound on the strength of delivering the news. Lucky to be in
Uptown this Tuesday at 1pm I snatched a copy of their 'newspaper'  The
Universal Sigh. Judging by the poems, lyrics and short stories in the paper
'The King Of Limbs' is based around trees (the limbs being branches) which
I'd not thought of before, cool stuff.
 
Dessa got a bump up again perhaps from her cool TPT TV performance at 
The Cedar Cultural Center for the show MN Original. She'll be bouncing to
Rochester Art Center with us Saturday for The Current Road Trip, doors at
6.30pm and we're getting indications that it will 'sell out' so get there early!
 
 
TW LW Wks 3/31/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 3 Adele Rumor Has It
2 8 3 Foster The People Pumped Up Kicks
3 10 4 Radiohead Lotus Flower
4 2 9 Drive By Truckers Used To Be A Cop
5 3 6 Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues
6 5 9 Jeremy Messersmith A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard
7 15 7 Dessa Alibi
8 11 6 Cake Long Time
9 13 2 TV On The Radio Will Do
10 4 3 The Black Keys Next Girl
11 7 3 Atmosphere Just For Show
12 6 4 The Idle Hands Socialite Death Squad
13 16 7 Lissie When I'm Gone
14 14 11 Cloud Cult There's So Much Energy In Us
15 9 7 Fitz And The Tantrums MoneyGrabber
16 17 7 Rural Alberta Advantage Stamp
17 19 3 Peter Bjorn and John Second Chance
18 18 4 The Strokes Under Cover Of Darkness
19 X 1 The Decemberists Rox In The Box
20 X 1 The Kills Satellite

Chart Show 3-24

Posted at 9:00 PM on March 24, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

 
Holy calamity, chart insanity! Radiohead plummet from the top and The
Decemberists drop off after only one week. Big jumps for Atmosphere and
Foster The People, just in time for their gig next Friday (4/1) in the Entry.
Two inductees to The Hall of Fame; Iron and Wine and Cage The Elephant.
 
TW LW Wks 3/24/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 3 2 Adele Rumor Has It
2 9 8 Drive By Trukers Used To Be A Cop
3 4 5 Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues
4 6 2 The Black Keys Next Girl
5 2 8 Jeremy Messersmith A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard
6 13 3 The Idle Hands Socialite Death Squad
7 16 2 Atmosphere Just For Show
8 17 2 Foster The People Pumped Up Kicks
9 15 6 Fitz And The Tantrums MoneyGrabber
10 1 3 Radiohead Lotus Flower
11 5 5 Cake Long Time
12 14 12 Iron and Wine Tree By The River
13 X 1 TV On The Radio Will Do
14 12 10 Cloud Cult There's So Much Energy In Us
15 19 6 Dessa Alibi
16 18 6 Lissie When I'm Gone
17 7 6 Rural Alberta Advantage Stamp
18 8 3 The Strokes Under Cover Of Darkness
19 20 2 Peter Bjorn and John Second Chance
20 10 12 Cage The Elephant Shake Me Down

Chart Show 3-17

Posted at 9:00 PM on March 17, 2011 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
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Most new entries for...a long long time! Making room for all of them, we lost

Lucinda WIlliams after a couple of weeks, Communist Daughter's cover of

The Beatles after 8 weeks. Cee Lo, Rogue Valley and after a single week

DeVotchka suffered a massive drop off in support. The biggest movers are

Fleet Foxes! 

TW LW Wks 3/17/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 7 2 Radiohead Lotus Flower
2 1 7 Jeremy Messersmith A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard
3 X 1 Adele Rumor Has It
4 19 4 Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues
5 13 4 Cake Long Time
6 X 1 The Black Keys Next Girl
7 2 5 Rural Alberta Advantage Stamp
8 8 2 The Strokes Under Cover Of Darkness
9 5 7 Drive By Trukers Used To Be A Cop
10 3 11 Cage The Elephant Shake Me Down
11 X 1 The Decemberists Calamity Song
12 6 9 Cloud Cult There's So Much Energy In Us
13 15 2 The Idle Hands Socialite Death Squad
14 4 11 Iron and Wine Tree By The River
15 10 5 Fitz And The Tantrums MoneyGrabber
16 X 1 Atmosphere Just For Show
17 X 1 Foster The People Pumped Up Kicks
18 17 5 Lissie When I'm Gone
19 9 5 Dessa Alibi
20 X 1 Peter Bjorn and John Second Chance

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Chart Show 3-10-11

Posted at 9:04 PM on March 10, 2011 by Mark Wheat
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The most new entries for a long time with four, including some big names;
Radiohead, The Strokes and DeVotchka all making their debuts, as The
Chart Show has only been going for 14 months. Aided by 2 Hall Of Fame
Inductees last week and Florence's Oscar buzz lasting only one week!
Kanye and Bon dropped out too after 5 weeks. We have another Inductee;
Sufjan Stevens' "I Walked". Nice to see the RAA getting a lot of love here.
Perhaps the tickets to the show helped them, but what's with DBT?
Were they on the telly?! The Ch9 profile last week seemed to help Dessa!
 
 
TW LW Wks 3/10/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 6 Jeremy Messersmith A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard
2 5 4 Rural Alberta Advantage Stamp
3 4 10 Cage The Elephant Shake Me Down
4 7 10 Iron and Wine Tree By The River
5 11 6 Drive-By Truckers Used To Be A Cop
6 2 8 Cloud Cult There's So Much Energy In Us
7 X 1 Radiohead Lotus Flower
8 X 1 The Strokes Under Cover Of Darkness
9 16 4 Dessa Alibi
10 12 4 Fitz and the Tantrums MoneyGrabber
11 8 5 Rogue Valley Cleaning Slates
12 X 1 DeVotchka 100 Other Lovers
13 14 3 Cake Long Time
14 15 9 Cee Lo No One's Gonna Love You
15 X 1 Idle Hands Socialite Death Squad
16 9 8 Communist Daughter Golden Slumbers
17 17 4 Lissie When I'm Alone
18 19 12 Sufjan Stevens I Walked
19 13 3 Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues
20 20 2 Lucinda Williams Buttercup

Chart Show 3-3 ... w/ Hall Of Fame

Posted at 9:02 PM on March 3, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Two big inductees to The Chart Hall of Fame, Atmosphere and Arcade Fire.
The whole of the HOF is posted below, after several requests. Now will
Sufjan hang on next week?!?! Big moves this week by Cage The Elephant,
Drive-By Truckers and Florence slamming in at #10. Most female acts ever!
Would have been more but Adele was inducted last week. We also lost
Bright Eyes after only one week, but I'm sure they'll be back. Cheers!
 
TW LW Wks 3/3/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 3 5 Jeremy Messersmith A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard
2 2 7 Cloud Cult There's So Much Energy In Us
3 7 12 Atmosphere The Best Day
4 13 9 Cage The Elephant Shake Me Down
5 8 3 Rural Alberta Advantage Stamp
6 6 12 Arcade Fire Modern Man
7 11 9 Iron and Wine Tree By The River
8 1 4 Rogue Valley Cleaning Slates
9 5 7 Communist Daughter Golden Slumbers
10 X 1 Florence and the Machine Rabbit Heart
11 19 5 Drive-By Truckers Used To Be A Cop
12 14 3 Fitz and the Tantrums MoneyGrabber
13 15 2 Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues
14 17 2 Cake Long Time
15 18 8 Cee Lo No One's Gonna Love You
16 10 3 Dessa Alibi
17 20 3 Lissie When I'm Alone
18 9 5 Kanye West w/ Bon Iver Lost In The World
19 12 11 Sufjan Stevens I Walked
20 X 1 Lucinda Williams Buttercup
 
 
Chart Show Hall of Fame 2011 
 
Arcade Fire   "Modern Man"   (3-3)   <3rd>
Atmosphere   "The Best Day"   (3-3)
Adele   "Rolling In The Deep"   (2-24)
Mason Jennings   "Child of Nature"   (2-17)
Pert Near Sandstone   "I Am The Walrus"   (2-17)
Mumford and Sons   "Awake My Soul"   (2-17)  <4th>
The Decemberists   "Down By The Water"   (2-10)
Tapes 'n Tapes   "Freak Out"   (2-10)
Matt and Kim   "Cameras"  (1-20)  
The Black Keys   "Sinister Kid"   (1-20)   <3rd>
Roma Di Luna   "Before I Die"   (1-13) 
The National   "Conversation 16"   (1-6)   <3rd>
 
 
CHART SHOW HALL OF FAME ... 2010
 
Jeremy Messersmith   "Organ Donor"  (12-23)  2nd
Cee Lo Green   "Forget You"   (12-16)
Arcade Fire   "Ready To Start"   (12-09)   2nd
Atmosphere   "Freefallin'"   (12-09) 
LCD Soundsystem   "I Can Change"  (12-09)  2nd
Cloud Cult   "You'll Be Bright"   (11-18)   2nd
Mason Jennings   "Machines"   (10-28)   2nd
Gorillaz   "Rhinestone Eyes"   (10-21) 
The Avett Brothers   "Spanish Pipedream"   (10-21) 3rd
Trampled By Turtles   "Victory"   (10-21)  2nd
The Black Keys   "Howlin' For You"   (10-14)
The National   "Terrible Love"   (10-14)  2nd
Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs    "Beg Steal or Borrow"   (10-07)
Local Natives   "Airplanes"   (9-23)
LCD Soundsystem   "Dance Yrself Clean"   (9-16)
Arcade Fire   "The Suburbs"   (8-26)
Florence and the Machine   "Dog Days Are Over"   (8-19)
Vampire Weekend   "Giving Up The Gun"   (8-12)
Dessa   "Dixon's Girl"    (08-05)
Jeremy Messersmith    "Violet!"   (08-05)
Phantogram   "Mouthful Of Diamonds"  (07/22)
The National   "Bloodbuzz Ohio"  (07/15)
Trampled By Turtles  "Wait So Long"  (07/08)
The Black Keys  "Tighten Up"  (07/08)
Cloud Cult  "Running With The Wolves"  (07/08)
Dawes  "When My Time Comes"  (07/08)
The XX   "VCR"  (07/01)   <3rd>
Mumford and Sons   "Winter Winds"   (07/01)    <3rd>
The New Pornographers   "Your Hands (Together)  (06/17)
OK GO  "This Too Shall Pass"   (06/10)
Mumford and Sons "The Cave"   (06/03)
Yeasayer "O.N.E."   (05/13)
The Avett Brothers "January Wedding"  (05/06)
Dessa "The Chaconne"  (04/22)
Broken Bells "The High Road"  (04/22)
Vampire Weekend   "Cousins"  (04/15)
Mumford & Sons  "Little Lion Man" (04/01)
The XX  "Basic Space" (04/01)
The Avett Brothers' "Kick Drum Heart" (2/25)
Spoon  "Written in Reverse"   (2/25)
Yeasayer   "Ambling Alp"     (2/11)
Tegan and Sara   "Hell"          (2/4)
Vampire Weekend's "Horchata"  (1/14)
The XX   "Crystalised"        (1/7)

Chart Show 2-24

Posted at 9:00 PM on February 24, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Adele is inducted into the Chart Show Hall of Fame this week with her song "Rolling In The Deep."  She just broke a Beatles record in the UK, two albums in the Top 5 together! '19' her previous album came back into the charts at #4 while this new one '21' is at the top.

Big moves up the chart for Kanye West, and Dessa.  We have 3 new entries crowding the bottom of the chart, and Fitz and the Tantrums' "MoneyGrabber" re-enters at #14.  We lost Girl Talk after 7 weeks on the chart.

 

TW LW Wks 2/24/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 3 3 Rogue Valley Cleaning Slates
2 4 6 Cloud Cult There's So Much Energy In Us
3 1 4 Jeremy Messersmith A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard
4 7 12 Adele Rolling In The Deep
5 2 6 Communist Daughter Golden Slumbers
6 6 11 Arcade Fire Modern Man
7 12 11 Atmosphere The Best Day
8 13 2 The Rural Alberta Advantage Stamp
9 14 4 Kanye West w/ Bon Iver Lost In The World
10 18 2 Dessa Alibi
11 9 8 Iron and Wine Tree By The River
12 17 10 Sufjan Stevens I Walked
13 10 8 Cage The Elephant Shake Me Down
14 R 2 Fitz and The Tantrums MoneyGrabber
15 X 1 Fleet Foxes Helplessness Blues
16 X 1 Bright Eyes Shell Games
17 X 1 Cake Long Time
18 15 7 Cee Lo No One's Gonna Love You
19 16 4 Drive By Truckers Used To Be A Cop
20 19 2 Lissie When I'm Alone

Chart Show 2-17

Posted at 8:55 PM on February 17, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Another exciting week on The Chart Show as we induct Mumford and Sons' "Awake My Soul," Pert Near Sandstone's "I Am The Walrus," and Mason Jennings "Child of Nature" into the Hall of Fame.  New to the chart this week is Dessa's "Alibi" debuting at #18, Lissie's "When I'm Alone" at #19, and The Rural Alberta Advantage at #13 with their new song "Stamp." We lost Sleigh Bells this week after a 6 week run on the chart.

 

 

TW

LW

Wks

2/17/2011

The Current Chart Show

 

 

 

Artist

Song

1

3

3

Jeremy Messersmith

A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard

2

1

5

Communist Daughter

Golden Slumbers

3

2

2

Rogue Valley

Cleaning Slates

4

4

5

Cloud Cult

There's So Much Energy In Us

5

7

12

Mumford and Sons

Awake My Soul

6

16

10

Arcade Fire

Modern Man

7

10

11

Adele

Rolling In The Deep

8

5

12

Pert Near Sandstone

I Am The Walrus

9

13

7

Iron and Wine

Tree By The River

10

11

7

Cage The Elephant

Shake Me Down

11

9

12

Mason Jennings

Child of Nature

12

8

10

Atmosphere

The Best Day

13

X

1

The Rural Alberta Advantage

Stamp

14

17

3

Kanye West w/ Bon Iver

Lost In The World

15

18

6

Cee Lo

No One's Gonna Love You

16

20

3

Drive By Truckers

Used To Be A Cop

17

14

9

Sufjan Stevens

I Walked

18

X

1

Dessa

Alibi

19

X

1

Lissie

When I'm Alone

20

19

7

Girl Talk

Jump On Stage

Chart Show 2-10

Posted at 8:03 PM on February 11, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

 
This love of local music is getting out of control!?!? Eight out of the Top Ten.
Even when we lose one, Arms Akimbo, we gain the highest new entry in
Rogue Valley! T'nT also inducted into HOF along with The Decemberists.
We also lost Fitz and the Tantrums but maybe they'll bounce back after the
Bunkers gig tonight and the storming session they did for us!
 
 
TW LW Wks 2/10/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 4 Communist Daughter Golden Slumbers
2 X 1 Rogue Valley Cleaning Slates
3 4 2 Jeremy Messersmith A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard
4 2 4 Cloud Cult There's So Much Energy In Us
5 5 11 Pert Near Sandstone I Am The Walrus
6 7 12 Tapes 'n Tapes Freak Out
7 8 11 Mumford and Sons Awake My Soul
8 10 9 Atmosphere The Best Day
9 6 11 Mason Jennings Child Of Nature
10 9 10 Adele Rolling In The Deep
11 15 6 Cage The Elephant Shake Me Down
12 3 12 The Decemberists Down By The Water
13 11 6 Iron and Wine Tree By The River
14 14 8 Sufjan Stevens I Walked
15 18 6 Sleigh Bells Rill Rill
16 13 9 Arcade Fire Modern Man
17 12 2 Kanye West w/Bon Iver Lost In The World
18 16 5 Cee Lo No One's Gonna Love You
19 19 6 Girl Talk Jump On Stage
20 R 2 Drive By Truckers Used To Be A Cop

Chart Show 2-10

Posted at 9:01 PM on February 10, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

This love of local music is getting out of control!?!? Eight out of the Top Ten.
Even when we lose one, Arms Akimbo, we gain the highest new entry in
Rogue Valley! T'nT also inducted into HOF along with The Decemberists.
We also lost Fitz and the Tantrums but maybe they'll bounce back after the
Bunkers gig tonight and the storming session they did for us!
 
 
TW LW Wks 2/10/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 4 Communist Daughter Golden Slumbers
2 X 1 Rogue Valley Cleaning Slates
3 4 2 Jeremy Messersmith A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard
4 2 4 Cloud Cult There's So Much Energy In Us
5 5 11 Pert Near Sandstone I Am The Walrus
6 7 12 Tapes 'n Tapes Freak Out
7 8 11 Mumford and Sons Awake My Soul
8 10 9 Atmosphere The Best Day
9 6 11 Mason Jennings Child Of Nature
10 9 10 Adele Rolling In The Deep
11 15 6 Cage The Elephant Shake Me Down
12 3 12 The Decemberists Down By The Water
13 11 6 Iron and Wine Tree By The River
14 14 8 Sufjan Stevens I Walked
15 18 6 Sleigh Bells Rill Rill
16 13 9 Arcade Fire Modern Man
17 12 2 Kanye West w/Bon Iver Lost In The World
18 16 5 Cee Lo No One's Gonna Love You
19 19 6 Girl Talk Jump On Stage
20 R 2 Drive By Truckers Used To Be A Cop

Chart Show 2-3

Posted at 8:59 PM on February 3, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Helped by The Beatle Effect we have a new record eight entries from MN!!
Another new local #1 and the highest new entry. Fitz will be in town
Thursday of next week at Bunkers and Kanye's Hawaiian sojourn with
Justin of Bon Iver pays off...at last!
We lost Drive By Truckers and Belle and Sebastian after only one week.
Neil Young hung in there for two. Adele is now yoyo song of the year!
 
Go Packers!
 
TW LW Wks 2/3/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 4 3 Communist Daughter Golden Slumbers
2 1 3 Cloud Cult There's So Much Energy In Us
3 2 11 The Decemberists Down By The Water
4 X 1 Jeremy Messersmith A Girl, A Boy and A Graveyard
5 3 10 Pert Near Sandstone I Am The Walrus
6 14 10 Mason Jennings Child Of Nature
7 5 11 Tapes 'n Tapes Freak Out
8 8 10 Mumford and Sons Awake My Soul
9 13 9 Adele Rolling In The Deep
10 7 8 Atmosphere The Best Day
11 10 5 Iron and Wine Tree By The River
12 X 1 Kanye West w/Bon Iver Lost In The World
13 6 8 Arcade Fire Modern Man
14 11 7 Sufjan Stevens I Walked
15 18 5 Cage The Elephant Shake Me Down
16 16 4 Cee Lo No One's Gonna Love You
17 12 10 The Arms Akimbo The Kids Still Love Us
18 9 5 Sleigh Bells Rill Rill
19 15 5 Girl Talk Jump On Stage
20 X 1 Fitz and the Tantrums MoneyGrabber

Chart Show 1-27

Posted at 9:03 PM on January 27, 2011 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

We can only hope that the news that you shot to #1 might positively impact
Craig of Cloud Cult's health as he deals with an ailment of the heart, wow!
The Decemberists were tough to keep down too, they had the #1 selling
Billboard Chart Album, selling five times as well as the best week for their
'Hazards of Love'. Adele's a yo-yo, bouncing up and down alternate weeks.
In the UK her album sold more than the rest of the Top 10 ...combined!
Another strong local week, 'The MN Beatle Project' keeps bringing the hits!
 
TW LW Wks 1/27/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 6 2 Cloud Cult There's So Much Energy In Us
2 2 10 The Decemberists Down By The Water
3 1 9 Pert Near Sandstone I Am The Walrus
4 5 2 Communist Daughter Golden Slumbers
5 7 10 Tapes 'n Tapes Freak Out
6 8 7 Arcade Fire Modern Man
7 4 7 Atmosphere The Best Day
8 3 9 Mumford and Sons Awake My Soul
9 15 4 Sleigh Bells Rill Rill
10 10 4 Iron and Wine Tree By The River
11 19 6 Sufjan Stevens I Walked
12 16 9 The Arms Akimbo The Kids Still Love Us
13 20 8 Adele Rolling In The Deep
14 9 9 Mason Jennings Child Of Nature
15 12 4 Girl Talk Jump On Stage
16 13 3 Cee Lo No One's Gonna Love You
17 18 2 Neil Young Love and War
18 17 4 Cage The Elephant Shake Me Down
19 X 1 Drive By Truckers Used To Be A Cop
20 X 1 Belle and Sebastian I Want The World To Stop

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Chart Show 1-20

Posted at 9:00 PM on January 20, 2011 by Mark Wheat (2 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

This week Pert Near Sandstone reclaims the #1 spot on the Chart bumping The Decemberists to #2.  Two big debuts for local music this week with Communist Daughter's cover of The Beatles "Golden Slumbers," and Cloud Cult's "There's So Much Energy In Us."  Neil Young also debuted this week nudging LCD Soundsystem off the Chart.  We also lost Kanye West after a 4 week run with "Runaway." And last but certainly not least! This week we induct two more songs into the Chart Show Hall of Fame.  The Black Keys add another track from the album Brothers with "Sinister Kid," and Matt and Kim make the HOF with "Cameras."

 

 

TW

LW

Wks

1/20/2011

The Current Chart Show

 

 

 

Artist

Song

1

2

8

Pert Near Sandstone

I Am The Walrus

2

1

9

The Decemberists

Down By The Water

3

3

8

Mumford and Sons

Awake My Soul

4

6

6

Atmosphere

The Best Day

5

X

1

Communist Daughter

Golden Slumbers

6

X

1

Cloud Cult

There's So Much Energy In Us

7

8

9

Tapes 'n Tapes

Freak Out

8

4

6

Arcade Fire

Modern Man

9

5

8

Mason Jennings

Child Of Nature

10

12

3

Iron and Wine

Tree By The River

11

13

12

The Black Keys

Sinister Kid

12

9

3

Girl Talk

Jump On Stage

13

20

2

Cee Lo

No One's Gonna Love You

14

10

12

Matt and Kim

Cameras

15

19

3

Sleigh Bells

Rill Rill

16

16

8

The Arms Akimbo

The Kids Still Love Us

17

17

3

Cage The Elephant

Shake Me Down

18

X

1

Neil Young

Love and War

19

11

5

Sufjan Stevens

I Walked

20

7

7

Adele

Rolling In The Deep

 

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Chart Show 1-13

Posted at 9:00 PM on January 13, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Propelled by giving away tix to their show and streaming the new album...

The Decemberists storm to the top. Pert Near recover and inducted to HOF;

Roma Di Luna !

 

TW LW Wks 1/6/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 3 8 The Decemberists Down By The Water
2 14 7 Pert Near Sandstone I Am The Walrus
3 1 7 Mumford and Sons Awake My Soul
4 5 5 Arcade Fire Modern Man
5 8 7 Mason Jennings Child of Nature
6 2 5 Atmosphere The Best Day
7 6 6 Adele Rolling In The Deep
8 4 8 Tapes 'n Tapes Freak Out
9 11 2 Girl Talk Jump On Stage
10 7 11 Matt and Kim Cameras
11 16 4 Sufjan Stevens I Walked
12 18 2 Iron and Wine Tree By The River
13 12 11 The Black Keys Sinister Kid
14 13 4 Kanye West Runaway
15 9 12 Roma Di Luna Before I Die
16 17 7 The Arms Akimbo The Kids Still Love Us
17 19 2 Cage The Elephant Shake Me Down
18 15 5 LCD Soundsystem Pow Pow
19 20 2 Sleigh Bells Rill Rill
20 X 1 Cee Lo No One's Gonna Love You

Chart Show 1-6-11

Posted at 9:00 PM on January 6, 2011 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Brand New Year, brand new number one! Celebrating their victory at the top of our
2010 poll for album of the year, it's the 4th Mumford and Sons song to hit the top.
The National are the first band to be inducted into the Hall of Fame for 2011.
Big moves for Adele and Tapes 'n Tapes and steady progress for Kanye from the
#1 Album of 2010 as picked by a majority of the other critics in the country.
The highest new entry might never be a 'real record' but I've definitely gotten more
Girl Talk requests and enquiries than for any other 'song' recently. 
HAPPY NEW YEAR, it's going to be a really great one, I promise!
 
TW LW Wks 1/6/2011 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 6 Mumford and Sons Awake My Soul
2 6 4 Atmosphere The Best Day
3 3 7 The Decemberists Down By The Water
4 17 7 Tapes 'n Tapes Freak Out
5 7 4 Arcade Fire Modern Man
6 18 5 Adele Rolling In The Deep
7 10 10 Matt and Kim Cameras
8 4 6 Mason Jennings Child of Nature
9 9 11 Roma Di Luna Before I Die
10 5 12 The National Conversation 16
11 X 1 Girl Talk Jump On Stage
12 16 10 The Black Keys Sinister Kid
13 20 3 Kanye West Runaway
14 1 6 Pert Near Sandstone I Am The Walrus
15 11 4 LCD Soundsystem Pow Pow
16 13 3 Sufjan Stevens I Walked
17 8 6 The Arms Akimbo The Kids Still Love Us
18 X 1 Iron and Wine Tree By The River
19 X 1 Cage The Elephant Shake Me Down
20 X 1 Sleigh Bells Rill Rill

Chart Show 12-23

Posted at 8:59 PM on December 23, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

It's the final Chart Show of the year as we take a break next week to replay the
Current Classic Concerts of 2010 series and to concentrate on the Top 89.
Considering that, I hereby declare Jeremy donating his organ inducted into the
HOF and everyone else will get a week added to their tally.
Unfortunately that will not help Ben Folds and Nick Hornby who dropped out after
11 weeks, nor Ray LaMontagne after 9 weeks with "Repo Man".
We break last weeks record of local entries by getting a half from the Low cover by
Robert Plant, that makes 81/2 the record now.
 
The first full year of The Chart Show is at a close and it's been a great one!
A full list of The Chart Show Hall of Fame is below, 44 songs in all, wow!
Can I be the first to say...Happy New Year!
 
 
TW LW Wks 12/23/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 4 Pert Near Sandstone I Am The Walrus
2 2 4 Mumford and Sons Awake My Soul
3 8 5 The Decemberists Down By The Water
4 3 4 Mason Jennings Child Of Nature
5 4 10 The National Conversation 16
6 15 2 Atmosphere The Best Day
7 14 2 Arcade Fire Modern Man
8 10 4 The Arms Akimbo The Kids Still Love Us
9 12 9 Roma Di Luna Before I Die
10 7 8 Matt and Kim Cameras
11 6 2 Sufjan Stevens I Walked
12 16 7 Vampire Weekend Holiday
13 X 1 LCD Soundsystem Pow Pow
14 11 2 Charlie Parr Where You Gonna Be
15 9 11 Jeremy Messersmith Organ Donor
16 19 8 The Black Keys Sinister Kid
17 13 5 Tapes 'n Tapes Freak Out
18 5 3 Adele Rolling In The Deep
19 X 1 Robert Plant Silver Rider
20 X 1 Kanye West Runaway

 

CHART SHOW HALL OF FAME ... 2010
 
Jeremy Messersmith   "Organ Donor"  (12-23)  2nd
Cee Lo Green   "Forget You"   (12-16)
Arcade Fire   "Ready To Start"   (12-09)   2nd
Atmosphere   "Freefallin'"   (12-09) 
LCD Soundsystem   "I Can Change"  (12-09)  2nd
Cloud Cult   "You'll Be Bright"   (11-18)   2nd
Mason Jennings   "Machines"   (10-28)   2nd
Gorillaz   "Rhinestone Eyes"   (10-21) 
The Avett Brothers   "Spanish Pipedream"   (10-21) 3rd
Trampled By Turtles   "Victory"   (10-21)  2nd
The Black Keys   "Howlin' For You"   (10-14)
The National   "Terrible Love"   (10-14)  2nd
Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs    "Beg Steal or Borrow"   (10-07)
Local Natives   "Airplanes"   (9-23)
LCD Soundsystem   "Dance Yrself Clean"   (9-16)
Arcade Fire   "The Suburbs"   (8-26)
Florence and the Machine   "Dog Days Are Over"   (8-19)
Vampire Weekend   "Giving Up The Gun"   (8-12)
Dessa   "Dixon's Girl"    (08-05)
Jeremy Messersmith    "Violet!"   (08-05)
Phantogram   "Mouthful Of Diamonds"  (07/22)
The National   "Bloodbuzz Ohio"  (07/15)
Trampled By Turtles  "Wait So Long"  (07/08)
The Black Keys  "Tighten Up"  (07/08)
Cloud Cult  "Running With The Wolves"  (07/08)
Dawes  "When My Time Comes"  (07/08)
The XX   "VCR"  (07/01)   <3rd>
Mumford and Sons   "Winter Winds"   (07/01)    <3rd>
The New Pornographers   "Your Hands (Together)  (06/17)
OK GO  "This Too Shall Pass"   (06/10)
Mumford and Sons "The Cave"   (06/03)
Yeasayer "O.N.E."   (05/13)
The Avett Brothers "January Wedding"  (05/06)
Dessa "The Chaconne"  (04/22)
Broken Bells "The High Road"  (04/22)
Vampire Weekend   "Cousins"  (04/15)
Mumford & Sons  "Little Lion Man" (04/01)
The XX  "Basic Space" (04/01)
The Avett Brothers' "Kick Drum Heart" (2/25)
Spoon  "Written in Reverse"   (2/25)
Yeasayer   "Ambling Alp"     (2/11)
Tegan and Sara   "Hell"          (2/4)
Vampire Weekend's "Horchata"  (1/14)
The XX   "Crystalised"        (1/7)

Chart Show 12-16

Posted at 9:02 PM on December 16, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Another record breaking week for local artists to get on the chart with EIGHT!
We lost Lissie and three HoF inductees from last week and the highest new entry
Sufjan Stevens proves our theory that this new album is a slow burner.
SPIN magazine's number one single of the year from Cee Lo is inducted this week.
 
 
TW LW Wks 12/16/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 3 Pert Near Sandstone I Am The Walrus
2 2 3 Mumford and Sons Awake My Soul
3 5 3 Mason Jennings Child Of Nature
4 10 9 The National Conversation 16
5 16 2 Adele Rolling In The Deep
6 X 1 Sufjan Stevens I Walked
7 9 7 Matt and Kim Cameras
8 8 4 The Decemberists Down By The Water
9 13 10 Jeremy Messersmith Organ Donor
10 18 3 The Arms Akimbo The Kids Still Love Us
11 X 1 Charlie Parr Where You Gonna Be...
12 12 8 Roma Di Luna Before I Die
13 7 4 Tapes 'n Tapes Freak Out
14 X 1 Arcade Fire Modern Man
15 X 1 Atmosphere The Best Day
16 14 6 Vampire Weekend Holiday
17 17 11 Ben Folds and Nick Hornby From Above
18 15 12 Cee Lo Forget You
19 11 7 The Black Keys Sinister Kid
20 20 9 Ray LaMontagne Repo Man

 

CHART SHOW HALL OF FAME ... 12-16-10
 
Cee Lo Green   "Forget You"   (12-16)
Arcade Fire   "Ready To Start"   (12-09)   2nd
Atmosphere   "Freefallin'"   (12-09) 
LCD Soundsystem   "I Can Change"  (12-09)  2nd
Cloud Cult   "You'll Be Bright"   (11-18)   2nd
Mason Jennings   "Machines"   (10-28)   2nd
Gorillaz   "Rhinestone Eyes"   (10-21) 
The Avett Brothers   "Spanish Pipedream"   (10-21) 3rd
Trampled By Turtles   "Victory"   (10-21)  2nd
The Black Keys   "Howlin' For You"   (10-14)
The National   "Terrible Love"   (10-14)  2nd
Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs    "Beg Steal or Borrow"   (10-07)
Local Natives   "Airplanes"   (9-23)
LCD Soundsystem   "Dance Yrself Clean"   (9-16)
Arcade Fire   "The Suburbs"   (8-26)
Florence and the Machine   "Dog Days Are Over"   (8-19)
Vampire Weekend   "Giving Up The Gun"   (8-12)
Dessa   "Dixon's Girl"    (08-05)
Jeremy Messersmith    "Violet!"   (08-05)
Phantogram   "Mouthful Of Diamonds"  (07/22)
The National   "Bloodbuzz Ohio"  (07/15)
Trampled By Turtles  "Wait So Long"  (07/08)
The Black Keys  "Tighten Up"  (07/08)
Cloud Cult  "Running With The Wolves"  (07/08)
Dawes  "When My Time Comes"  (07/08)
The XX   "VCR"  (07/01)   <3rd>
Mumford and Sons   "Winter Winds"   (07/01)    <3rd>
The New Pornographers   "Your Hands (Together)  (06/17)
OK GO  "This Too Shall Pass"   (06/10)
Mumford and Sons "The Cave"   (06/03)
Yeasayer "O.N.E."   (05/13)
The Avett Brothers "January Wedding"  (05/06)
Dessa "The Chaconne"  (04/22)
Broken Bells "The High Road"  (04/22)
Vampire Weekend   "Cousins"  (04/15)
Mumford & Sons  "Little Lion Man" (04/01)
The XX  "Basic Space" (04/01)
The Avett Brothers' "Kick Drum Heart" (2/25)
Spoon  "Written in Reverse"   (2/25)
Yeasayer   "Ambling Alp"     (2/11)
Tegan and Sara   "Hell"          (2/4)
Vampire Weekend's "Horchata"  (1/14)
The XX   "Crystalised"        (1/7)
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros "Home"
Rural Alberta Advantage "Don't Haunt This Place"
Mason Jennings "The Field"   (12/17/09)

Chart Show 12-9

Posted at 9:03 PM on December 9, 2010 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

We continue to celebrate The Beatles at the top of a very consistant chart this week.
There will be big changes next week though with three Hall of Fame inductees.
LCD and Arcade Fire both for the second time and a debut for Atmosphere.
Lost Belle and Sebastian after 6 weeks and gained Adele with a very swift new entry.
 
TW LW Wks 12/9/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 2 Pert Near Sandstone I Am The Walrus
2 2 2 Mumford and Sons Awake My Soul
3 3 12 LCD Soundsystem I Can Change
4 10 12 Atmosphere Freefallin'
5 6 2 Mason Jennings Child Of Nature
6 5 12 Arcade Fire Ready To Start
7 14 3 Tapes 'n Tapes Freak Out
8 4 3 The Decemberists Down By The Water
9 8 6 Matt and Kim Cameras
10 7 8 The National Conversation 16
11 9 6 The Black Keys Sinister Kid
12 11 7 Roma Di Luna Before I Die
13 12 9 Jeremy Messersmith Organ Donor
14 17 5 Vampire Weekend Holiday
15 13 11 Cee-Lo Forget You
16 X 1 Adele Rolling In The Deep
17 20 10 Ben Folds and Nick Hornby From Above
18 18 2 The Arms Akimbo The Kids Still Love Us
19 15 10 Lissie In Sleep
20 16 8 Ray LaMontagne Repo Man

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Chart Show 12-02

Posted at 8:59 PM on December 2, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

A massive surprise new entry at #1 which has never happened before, in fact has
"I Am The Walrus" ever been number one anywhere for anything before?!?!
The wonderful power of The Beatles, we even had a vote from Suriname?!? 
With Mason brand new too from our CD of The Week next week it is the
best showing for local bands ever, with 7 and best showing for the word AND
which if you count the 'n, appears in 5 band names!
We lost Old 97's, Cake, John Legend w/The Roots and Cold War Kids.
No inductees this week but look for big changes next week with 3 songs poised.
 
Catch Pert Near Sandstone this week on the Local Show Sunday at 6pm.
AND an updated Hall of Fame is printed below, some help for your Top 89 votes!
 
TW LW Wks 12/2/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 X 1 Pert Near Sandstone I Am The Walrus
2 X 1 Mumford and Sons Awake My Soul
3 4 11 LCD Soundsystem I Can Change
4 5 2 The Decemberists Down By The Water
5 1 11 Arcade Fire Ready To Start
6 X 1 Mason Jennings Child Of Nature
7 3 7 The National Conversation 16
8 6 5 Matt and Kim Cameras
9 9 5 The Black Keys Sinister Kid
10 2 11 Atmosphere Freefallin'
11 12 6 Roma Di Luna Before I Die
12 10 8 Jeremy Messersmith Organ Donor
13 8 10 Cee-Lo Forget You
14 11 2 Tapes 'n Tapes Freak Out
15 7 9 Lissie In Sleep
16 18 7 Ray LaMontagne Repo Man
17 14 4 Vampire Weekend Holiday
18 X 1 The Arms Akimbo The Kids Still Love Us
19 15 6 Belle and Sebastian Write About Love
20 16 9 Ben Folds and Nick Hornby From Above

 

CHART SHOW HALL OF FAME ... 12-02-10
 
Cloud Cult   "You'll Be Bright"   (11-18)   2nd
Mason Jennings   "Machines"   (10-28)   2nd
Gorillaz   "Rhinestone Eyes"   (10-21) 
The Avett Brothers   "Spanish Pipedream"   (10-21) 3rd
Trampled By Turtles   "Victory"   (10-21)  2nd
The Black Keys   "Howlin' For You"   (10-14)
The National   "Terrible Love"   (10-14)  2nd
Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs    "Beg Steal or Borrow"   (10-07)
Local Natives   "Airplanes"   (9-23)
LCD Soundsystem   "Dance Yrself Clean"   (9-16)
Arcade Fire   "The Suburbs"   (8-26)
Florence and the Machine   "Dog Days Are Over"   (8-19)
Vampire Weekend   "Giving Up The Gun"   (8-12)
Dessa   "Dixon's Girl"    (08-05)
Jeremy Messersmith    "Violet!"   (08-05)
Phantogram   "Mouthful Of Diamonds"  (07/22)
The National   "Bloodbuzz Ohio"  (07/15)
Trampled By Turtles  "Wait So Long"  (07/08)
The Black Keys  "Tighten Up"  (07/08)
Cloud Cult  "Running With The Wolves"  (07/08)
Dawes  "When My Time Comes"  (07/08)
The XX   "VCR"  (07/01)   <3rd>
Mumford and Sons   "Winter Winds"   (07/01)    <3rd>
The New Pornographers   "Your Hands (Together)  (06/17)
OK GO  "This Too Shall Pass"   (06/10)
Mumford and Sons "The Cave"   (06/03)
Yeasayer "O.N.E."   (05/13)
The Avett Brothers "January Wedding"  (05/06)
Dessa "The Chaconne"  (04/22)
Broken Bells "The High Road"  (04/22)
Vampire Weekend   "Cousins"  (04/15)
Mumford & Sons  "Little Lion Man" (04/01)
The XX  "Basic Space" (04/01)
The Avett Brothers' "Kick Drum Heart" (2/25)
Spoon  "Written in Reverse"   (2/25)
Yeasayer   "Ambling Alp"     (2/11)
Tegan and Sara   "Hell"          (2/4)
Vampire Weekend's "Horchata"  (1/14)
The XX   "Crystalised"        (1/7)
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros "Home"
Rural Alberta Advantage "Don't Haunt This Place"
Mason Jennings "The Field"   (12/17/09)

Chart Show 11-25

Posted at 9:00 PM on November 24, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Thanks to everyone who took time to vote in this short week, only a few votes short.
Sufjan Stevens "Heirloom" dropped out after 9 weeks but it should be replaced by
"I Walked" as support for his new album grows. Jenny and Johnny slipped off too.
Great to see both Tapes 'n Tapes and The Decemberists have high new entries.
It's their first time on as we didn't have the show when they had their big success in
The Top 89.  I wonder how different those votes will be from the weekly poll?
We'll have the ballot ready for you next week...HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! 
 
 
TW LW Wks 11/25/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 3 10 Arcade Fire Ready To Start
2 2 10 Atmosphere Freefallin'
3 5 6 The National Conversation 16
4 6 10 LCD Soundsystem I Can Change
5 X 1 The Decemberists Down By The Water
6 8 4 Matt and Kim Cameras
7 7 8 Lissie In Sleep
8 4 9 Cee-Lo Forget You
9 10 4 The Black Keys Sinister Kid
10 12 7 Jeremy Messersmith Organ Donor
11 X 1 Tapes 'n Tapes Freak Out
12 14 5 Roma Di Luna Before I Die
13 X 1 Old 97's Every Night Is Friday Night
14 20 3 Vampire Weekend Holiday
15 11 5 Belle and Sebastian Write About Love
16 9 8 Ben Folds and Nick Hornby From Above
17 17 2 Cold War Kids Louder Than Ever
18 19 6 Ray LaMontagne Repo Man
19 13 7 Cake Sick Of You
20 16 3 John Legend with The Roots Hard Times

Chart Show 11-18

Posted at 9:02 PM on November 18, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Cloud Cult end their run at the top and are inducted this week into the Chart Show
Hall Of Fame, beautifully timed to coincide with their 2 big shows at First Ave.
Phoenix slip off the chart after 6 weeks with "Lasso" and they're replaced by
Cold War Kids, the only new entry on a Top 20 that's encased in ice and snow!
 
TW LW Wks 11/18/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 12 Cloud Cult You'll Be Bright
2 1 9 Atmosphere Freefallin'
3 3 9 Arcade Fire Ready To Start
4 5 8 Cee-Lo Forget You
5 6 5 The National Conversation 16
6 4 9 LCD Soundsystem I Can Change
7 7 7 Lissie In Sleep
8 8 3 Matt and Kim Cameras
9 9 7 Ben Folds and Nick Hornby From Above
10 11 3 The Black Keys Sinister Kid
11 17 4 Belle and Sebastian Write About Love
12 12 6 Jeremy Messersmith Organ Donor
13 16 6 Cake Sick Of You
14 15 4 Roma Di Luna Before I Die
15 10 9 Sufjan Stevens Heirloom
16 20 2 John Legend w/ The Roots Hard Times
17 X 1 Cold War Kids Louder Than Ever
18 19 5 Jenny and Johnny Big Wave
19 18 5 Ray LaMontagne Repo Man
20 14 2 Vampire Weekend Holiday

Chart Show 11-11

Posted at 4:07 PM on November 12, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Another local #1!! Spurred by the hooj demand for the tix to their Sold Out shows

Atmosphere climb to the top. Lots of stasis elsewhere which must be due to

YOU REGULARS!! (I recognize IP addresses every week so... thank you!!)

Only two new entries and we lost Spoon again and Kings Of Leon ...again.

 

 

TW LW Wks 11/11/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 4 8 Atmosphere Freefallin'
2 1 11 Cloud Cult You'll Be Bright
3 2 8 Arcade Fire Ready To Start
4 3 8 LCD Soundsystem I Can Change
5 6 7 Cee-Lo Forget You
6 5 4 The National Conversation 16
7 7 6 Lissie In Sleep
8 9 2 Matt and Kim Cameras
9 12 6 Ben Folds and Nick Hornby From Above
10 19 8 Sufjan Stevens Heirloom
11 8 2 The Black Keys Sinister Kid
12 10 5 Jeremy Messersmith Organ Donor
13 15 6 Phoenix Lasso
14 X 1 Vampire Weekend Holiday
15 17 3 Roma Di Luna Before I Die
16 14 5 Cake Sick Of You
17 11 3 Belle and Sebastian Write About Love
18 13 4 Ray LaMontagne Repo Man
19 18 4 Jenny and Johnny Big Wave
20 X 1 John Legend w/ The Roots Hard Times
 
 
 
 

CHART SHOW 11-04

Posted at 10:01 PM on November 4, 2010 by David Safar
Filed under: The Chart Show

Cloud Cult takes the #1 spot on the chart this week before their upcoming shows at First Avenue. Moving up the chart this week we have The National jumping to #5 with "Conversation 16," Ben Folds gaining ground with "From Above" at # 12, and Cake at # 14 with "Sick of You." Two strong debuts this week from the Black Keys and Matt and Kim, and Roma Di Luna is back on the chart this week at #17.

 

TW LW Wks 11/4/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 10 Cloud Cult You'll Be Bright
2 1 7 Arcade Fire Ready To Start
3 3 7 LCD Soundsystem I Can Change
4 4 7 Atmosphere Freefallin'
5 15 3 The National Conversation 16
6 5 6 Cee-Lo Forget You
7 6 5 Lissie In Sleep
8 X 1 The Black Keys Sinister Kid
9 X 1 Matt and Kim Cameras
10 7 4 Jeremy Messersmith Organ Donor
11 10 2 Belle and Sebastian Write About Love
12 17 5 Ben Folds and Nick Hornby From Above
13 8 3 Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs Repo Man
14 20 4 Cake Sick of You
15 12 5 Phoenix Lasso
16 13 5 Spoon Trouble Comes Running
17 R 2 Roma Di Luna Before I Die
18 11 3 Jenny and Johnny Big Wave
19 16 7 Sufjan Stevens Heirloom
20 19 4 Kings of Leon Radioactive

Chart Show 10-28

Posted at 7:58 PM on October 28, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Mason Jennings inducted to HOF for 2nd time, makes eight total local entries from
5 different artists this year. Fifth week total at top spot for Arcade Fire with this song.
"The Suburbs" only spent one week at the top. We had some noticeable returns;
Jeremy Messersmith, Of Montreal and Jenny and Johnny. Unfortunately we lost
Roma Di Luna after only one week but gained Belle and Sebastian for the first time. 
 
TW LW Wks 10/28/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 5 9 Arcade Fire Ready To Start
2 2 9 Cloud Cult You'll Be Bright
3 3 6 LCD Soundsystem I Can Change
4 4 6 Atmosphere Freefallin'
5 6 5 Cee-Lo Forget You
6 13 4 Lissie In Sleep
7 R 3 Jeremy Messersmith Organ Donor
8 12 2 Ray LaMontagne Repo Man
9 R 5 Of Montreal Coquet Coquette
10 X 1 Belle and Sebastian Write About Love
11 R 2 Jenny and Johnny Big Wave
12 14 4 Phoenix Lasso
13 16 4 Spoon Trouble Comes Running
14 18 9 Janelle Monae Cold War
15 19 2 The National Conversation 16
16 15 6 Sufjan Stevens Heirloom
17 8 4 Ben Folds and Nick Hornby From Above
18 11 12 Mason Jennings Machines
19 17 3 Kings Of Leon Radioactive
20 20 3 Cake Sick Of You

Chart Show 10-21

Posted at 2:45 PM on October 22, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Sorry it's late, so much craziness last night with the Fund Drive ending right in mid
Chart Show countdown, amazing end to a record breaking Member Drive.
Thanks to EVERYONE who supported us!!
 
Three more inductees into The Chart Hall Of Fame this week with Trampled By
Turtles going out with a bang returning to the top spot. The Avett Brothers have
3 now which is the record shared with Mumfords and The XX. Good week for
Gorillaz to debut in The Hall, our guests at 7pm on Friday.
 
Spoon and Kings Of Leon make a return after dropping off last week and nice for
Roma Di Luna to get a high new entry with the ballot swollen by the demand for
Mumford tix! We lost Ra Ra Riot and Jenny and Johnny after only one week each.
Sleigh Bells plummet just as they were due to be inducted!
 
 
TW LW Wks 10/21/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 3 12 Trampled By Turtles Victory
2 5 8 Cloud Cult You'll Be Bright
3 1 5 LCD Soundsystem I Can Change
4 6 5 Atmosphere Freefallin'
5 2 8 Arcade Fire Ready To Start
6 7 4 Cee-Lo Forget You
7 9 12 The Avett Brothers Spanish Pipedream
8 8 3 Ben Folds and Nick Hornby From Above
9 X 1 Roma Di Luna Before I Die
10 4 12 Gorillaz Rhinestone Eyes
11 18 11 Mason Jennings Machines
12 X 1 Ray LaMontagne Repo Man
13 17 3 Lissie In Sleep
14 13 3 Phoenix Lasso
15 15 5 Sufjan Stevens Heirloom
16 R 3 Spoon Trouble Comes Running
17 R 2 Kings Of Leon Radioactive
18 16 8 Janelle Monae Cold War
19 X 1 The National Conversation 16
20 20 2 Cake Sick Of You

Chart Show...10-14

Posted at 9:01 PM on October 14, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Fuelled by fans trying to win tix LCD storm to the top and help give a bump to
Gorillaz, Cee-Lo and Sleigh Bells. Although Phoenix and Lissie bounce back
her show at Triple Rock is still postponed. 
 
We lost Jeremy Messersmith, Spoon, Kings Of Leon and along with the hopes of
Twins fans, The Baseball Project.
 
Both The National and The Black Keys are inducted for a second time to the Chart
Hall Of Fame.
 
 TW   LW  Wks Artist Song
1 7 4 LCD Soundsystem I Can Change
2 1 7 Arcade Fire Ready To Start
3 2 11 Trampled By Turtles Victory
4 15 11 Gorillaz Rhinestone Eyes
5 3 7 Cloud Cult You'll Be Bright
6 4 4 Atmosphere Freefallin'
7 17 3 Cee-Lo Forget You
8 13 2 Ben Folds and Nick Hornby From Above
9 8 11 The Avett Brothers Spanish Pipedream
10 X 1 Ra Ra Riot Boy
11 6 12 The Black Keys Howlin' For You
12 19 10 Sleigh Bells Crown On The Ground
13 R 2 Phoenix Lasso
14 16 12 The National Terrible Love
15 5 4 Sufjan Stevens Heirloom
16 10 7 Janelle Monae Cold War
17 R 2 Lissie In Sleep
18 11 10 Mason Jennings Machines
19 X 1 Jenny and Johnny Big Wave
20 X 1 Cake Sick Of You

The Chart Show... 10-07

Posted at 9:55 PM on October 7, 2010 by David Safar
Filed under: The Chart Show

This week on THE CHART SHOW...

 

It's musical chairs for the 1,2, and 3 spots with Arcade Fire back on top.  Ray LaMontagne's "Beg Steal or Borrow" is inducted into the HOF, and Sufjan Stevens made a huge jump up to #5.  We lost Of Montreal, Rogue Valley, and Lissie from the rankings, and it's no surprise that voters added "Don't Call Them Twinkies" to the chart, as the TWINS enter the postseason.

TW LW Wks 10/7/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 6 Arcade Fire Ready To Start
2 3 10 Trampled By Turtles Victory
3 1 6 Cloud Cult You'll Be Bright
4 7 3 Atmosphere Freefallin'
5 17 3 Sufjan Stevens Heirloom
6 5 11 The Black Keys Howlin' For You
7 4 3 LCD Soundsystem I Can Change
8 6 10 The Avett Brothers Spanish Pipedream
9 14 12 Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs Beg Steal or Borrow
10 9 6 Janelle Monae Cold War
11 16 9 Mason Jennings Machines
12 8 2 Jeremy Messersmith Organ Donor
13 X 1 Ben Folds and Nick Hornby From Above
14 X 1 Baseball Project w/ Craig Finn Don't Call Them Twinkies
15 13 10 Gorillaz Rhinestone Eyes
16 11 11 The National Terrible Love
17 18 2 Cee-Lo Forget You
18 19 2 Spoon Trouble Comes Running
19 12 9 Sleigh Bells Crown on the Ground
20 X 1 Kings of Leon Radioactive

Chart Show 9-30

Posted at 9:00 PM on September 30, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Six changes! As we lost; Local Natives to the HOF and MIA again, Eels, Phoenix,
The Gaslight Anthem and Big Boi. Lots of stasis in mid-table. A big new entry for
Jeremy Messersmith on the back of a big show at First Ave and also after her show
Janelle Monae bounces back big time. Mac gets to host for the next two weeks!
 
 
 
TW LW Wks 9/30/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 3 5 Cloud Cult You'll Be Bright
2 1 5 Arcade Fire Ready To Start
3 2 9 Trampled By Turtles Victory
4 7 2 LCD Soundsystem I Can Change
5 5 10 The Black Keys Howlin' For You
6 8 9 The Avett Brothers Spanish Pipedream
7 6 2 Atmosphere Freefallin'
8 X 1 Jeremy Messersmith Organ Donor
9 R 5 Janelle Monae Cold War
10 10 4 Of Montreal Coquet Coquette
11 11 10 The National Terrible Love
12 12 8 Sleigh Bells Crown on the Ground
13 13 9 Gorillaz Rhinestone Eyes
14 14 11 Ray LaMontagne Beg Steal or Borrow
15 X 1 Rogue Valley Racecar Driver
16 16 8 Mason Jennings Machines
17 20 2 Sufjan Stevens Heirloom
18 X 1 Cee-Lo Forget You
19 X 1 Spoon Trouble Comes Running
20 X 1 Lissie In Sleep

Chart Show Hall of Fame...9-23

Posted at 8:00 PM on September 23, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

The Local Natives song is the biggest surprise inductee to the Chart Hall of Fame.

Drae, regular listener and emailer suggested posting the HoF list see below...

The dancey vote dissipated, we lost...Janelle Monae, Prince and Mark Ronson.

Jeremy Messersmith dropped out too, a shame as it was his birthday this week!

 

 

TW LW Wks 9/23/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 4 Arcade Fire Ready To Start
2 4 8 Trampled By Turtles Victory
3 6 4 Cloud Cult You'll Be Bright
4 5 12 Local Natives Airplanes
5 10 9 The Black Keys Howlin' For You
6 X 1 Atmosphere Freefallin'
7 X 1 LCD Soundsystem I Can Change
8 7 8 The Avett Brothers Spanish Pipedream
9 14 4 Eels Spectacular Girl
10 18 3 Of Montreal Coquet Coquette
11 12 9 The National Terrible Love
12 20 7 Sleigh Bells Crown on the Ground
13 3 8 Gorillaz Rhinestone Eyes
14 8 10 Ray LaMontagne Beg Steal or Borrow
15 15 6 M.I.A. XXXO
16 13 7 Mason Jennings Machines
17 19 5 Big Boi Shutterbug
18 X 1 Phoenix Lasso
19 R 3 The Gaslight Anthem The Diamond Street Choir
20 X 1 Sufjan Stevens Heirloom

 

CHART SHOW HALL OF FAME ... 09-23-10
 
Local Natives   "Airplanes"   (9-23)
LCD Soundsystem   "Dance Yrself Clean"   (9-16)
Arcade Fire   "The Suburbs"   (8-26)
Florence and the Machine   "Dog Days Are Over"   (8-19)
Vampire Weekend   "Giving Up The Gun"   (8-12)
Dessa   "Dixon's Girl"    (08-05)
Jeremy Messersmith    "Violet!"   (08-05)
Phantogram   "Mouthful Of Diamonds"  (07/22)
The National   "Bloodbuzz Ohio"  (07/15)
Trampled By Turtles  "Wait So Long"  (07/08)
The Black Keys  "Tighten Up"  (07/08)
Cloud Cult  "Running With The Wolves"  (07/08)
Dawes  "When My Time Comes"  (07/08)
The XX   "VCR"  (07/01)
Mumford and Sons   "Winter Winds"   (07/01)
The New Pornographers   "Your Hands (Together)  (06/17)
OK GO  "This Too Shall Pass"   (06/10)
Mumford and Sons "The Cave"   (06/03)
Yeasayer "O.N.E."   (05/13)
The Avett Brothers "January Wedding"  (05/06)
Dessa "The Chaconne"  (04/22)
Broken Bells "The High Road"  (04/22)
Vampire Weekend   "Cousins"  (04/15)
Mumford & Sons  "Little Lion Man" (04/01)
The XX  "Basic Space" (04/01)
The Avett Brothers' "Kick Drum Heart" (2/25)
Spoon  "Written in Reverse"   (2/25)
Yeasayer   "Ambling Alp"     (2/11)
Tegan and Sara   "Hell"          (2/4)
Vampire Weekend's "Horchata"  (1/14)
The XX   "Crystalised"        (1/7)
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros "Home"
Rural Alberta Advantage "Don't Haunt This Place"
Mason Jennings "The Field"   (12/17/09)

Chart Show; 9-16

Posted at 9:17 PM on September 16, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

LCD Soundsystem makes it to their 12th week on the chart and will be inducted into the HOF. Spoon dropped off the chart this week along with Beck and Bat For Lashes. M.I.A. and Mark Ronson pop back onto the chart at #15 and #17.

 

TW

LW

Wks

9/16/2010

The Current Chart Show

 

 

 

Artist

Song

1

1

3

Arcade Fire

Ready To Start

2

2

12

LCD Soundsystem

Dance Yrself Clean

3

6

7

Gorillaz

Rhinestone Eyes

4

3

7

Trampled By Turtles

Victory

5

4

11

Local Natives

Airplanes

6

8

3

Cloud Cult

You'll Be Bright

7

7

7

The Avett Brothers

Spanish Pipedream

8

10

9

Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs

Beg Steal or Borrow

9

5

4

Janelle Monae

Cold War

10

13

8

The Black Keys

Howlin' For You

11

17

5

Jeremy Messersmith

Dillinger Eyes

12

9

8

The National

Terrible Love

13

11

6

Mason Jennings

Machines

14

18

3

Eels

Spectacular Girl

15

R

5

M.I.A.

XXXO

16

19

2

Prince

Laydown

17

R

3

Mark Ronson

Bang Bang Bang

18

16

2

Of Montreal

Coquet Coquette

19

12

9

Big Boi

Shutterbugg

20

14

6

Sleigh Bells

Crown on the Ground

 

 

Chart Show...9-9

Posted at 8:00 PM on September 9, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Hey Pop-pickers!
Arcade Fire are ready to start dominating this chart for the next few months!
Definitely poised to beat the record for number of weeks at #1 me predicts.
We equal the record for number of local entries this week with Prince popping in!
This week we lost Dr.Dog, Mark Ronson and The Gaslight Anthem.
 
TW LW Wks 9/9/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 2 Arcade Fire Ready To Start
2 1 11 LCD Soundsystem Dance Yrself Clean
3 3 6 Trampled By Turtles Victory
4 5 10 Local Natives Airplanes
5 8 3 Janelle Monae Cold War
6 9 6 Gorillaz Rhinestone Eyes
7 6 6 The Avett Brothers Spanish Pipedream
8 10 2 Cloud Cult You'll Be Bright
9 13 7 The National Terrible Love
10 17 8 Ray LaMontagne Beg Steal or Borrow
11 14 5 Mason Jennings Machines
12 20 8 Big Boi Shutterbug
13 7 7 The Black Keys Howlin' For You
14 4 5 Sleigh Bells Crown on the Ground
15 18 3 Beck and Bat For Lashes Let's Get Lost
16 X 1 Of Montreal Coquet Coquette
17 12 4 Jeremy Messersmith Dillinger Eyes
18 11 2 Eels Spectacular Girl
19 X 1 Prince Laydown
20 X 1 Spoon Trouble Comes Running

The Chart Show 9-2

Posted at 10:00 PM on September 2, 2010 by David Safar
Filed under: The Chart Show

Arcade Fire debut at #2 with "Ready to Start," and LCD are back at #1! Both Cloud Cult and Eels make a strong debut this week at #10 and #11. Sleigh Bells continue to climb the chart reaching #4 this week, and voters showed their support for Trampled By Turtles' second song to reach the top of the chart, "Victory." We lost Dawes and Ratatat.

 

TW LW Wks 9/2/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 10 LCD Soundsystem Dance Yrself Clean
2 X 1 Arcade Fire Ready To Start
3 3 5 Trampled By Turtles Victory
4 5 4 Sleigh Bells Crown on the Ground
5 4 9 Local Natives Airplanes
6 11 5 The Avett Brothers Spanish Pipedream
7 10 6 The Black Keys Howlin' For You
8 7 2 Janelle Monae Cold War
9 6 5 Gorillaz Rhinestone Eyes
10 X 1 Cloud Cult You'll Be Bright
11 X 1 Eels Spectacular Girl
12 16 3 Jeremy Messersmith Dillinger Eyes
13 14 6 The National Terrible Love
14 13 4 Mason Jennings Machines
15 9 6 Dr. Dog Shadow People
16 17 2 Mark Ronson Bang Bang Bang
17 8 7 Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs Beg Steal or Borrow
18 20 2 Beck and Bat For Lashes Let's Get Lost
19 18 2 The Gaslight Anthem The Diamond Street Church Choir
20 19 2 Big Boi Shutterbug

 

Chart Show 8-26

Posted at 8:00 PM on August 26, 2010 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

Massive overall of the chart this week, biggest in many months as we lose HOF
Florence from last week and Michael Franti who was on the verge of being inducted,
Band of Horses, again, The New Pornographers, Lindstrom and Christabelle, Devo &
M.I.A. from #9?!?!
 
Janelle Monae was the highest new entry and Of Montreal just missed the Top 20.
There's huge interest in the show that they are playing together on Sept 23rd at
First Avenue and next week we'll give you a chance to win tickets to that show.
 
Arcade Fire are inducted into the Hall of Fame this week and by popular demand
the next song on the poll is ..."Ready To Start". The album kicks off with a great
1-2 punch and just keeps getting better with multiple listens. Check out what we
Musicheads thought about it on this week's show.
 
SeeyaattheFair!!
 
 
TW LW Wks 8/26/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 9 LCD Soundsystem Dance Yrself Clean
2 2 12 Arcade Fire The Suburbs
3 4 4 Trampled By Turtles Victory
4 5 8 Local Natives Airplanes
5 7 3 Sleigh Bells Crown On The Ground
6 12 4 Gorillaz Rhinestone Eyes
7 X 1 Janelle Monae Cold War
8 3 6 Ray LaMontagne Beg Steal or Borrow
9 14 5 Dr.Dog Shadow People
10 8 5 The Black Keys Howlin' For You
11 10 4 Avett Brothers Spanish Pipedream
12 X 1 Ratatat Neckbrace
13 15 3 Mason Jennings Machines
14 20 5 The National Terrible Love
15 X 1 Dawes If You Let Me Be Your Anchor
16 11 2 Jeremy Messersmith Dillinger Eyes
17 X 1 Mark Ronson Bang Bang Bang
18 X 1 The Gaslight Anthem The Diamond Street Choir
19 X 1 Big Boi Shutterbug
20 X 1 Beck and Bat For Lashes Let's Get Lost

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Chart Show 8-19

Posted at 8:00 PM on August 19, 2010 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

Perhaps Arcade Fire will not be inducted into the Hall of Fame next week riding high at
#1 ? Do you love the new album as much as I do? Listen to next week's Musicheads!
Which song should we put on the voting list next?
 
Florence has quietly gotten herself inducted this week, seems like that song has
only been a hit here at The Current, or am I missing something?
We lost Broken Bells and MGMT again, but we gained John Prine via the Avett Bros.
 
M.I.A. Sleigh Bells and Ray La are the biggest movers, and we have two sets of
Eyes and Love (sick and terrible) twice in the titles of songs.
 
Another massive turnout this week, even during the dog days!  Thanks for voting!! 

 

TW LW Wks 8/19/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 8 LCD Soundsystem Dance Yrself Clean
2 1 11 Arcade Fire The Suburbs
3 10 5 Ray LaMontagne Beg Steal or Borrow
4 4 3 Trampled By Turtles Victory
5 7 7 Local Natives Airplanes
6 5 12 Florence and the Machine Dog Days Are Over
7 15 2 Sleigh Bells Crown on the Ground
8 9 4 The Black Keys Howlin' For You
9 14 4 M.I.A. XXXO
10 R 3 The Avett Brothers Spanish Pipedream
11 X 1 Jeremy Messersmith Dillinger Eyes
12 12 3 Gorillaz Rhinestone Eyes
13 X 1 Devo Don't Shoot Me (I'm A Man)
14 13 4 Dr.Dog Shadow People
15 19 2 Mason Jennings Machines
16 20 2 Lindstrom and Christabelle Lovesick
17 6 4 The New Pornographers Crash Years
18 18 9 Band Of Horses Laredo
19 17 10 Michael Franti and Spearhead Sound of Sunshine
20 8 4 The National Terrible Love

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Chart Show 8-12

Posted at 3:52 PM on August 12, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Thanks to David for compiling and Mac for presenting the show while I was away!
 
Third Vampire Weekend song inducted to the HOF.
First time our #1 has been the same as the Billboard #1... I think!?!?
And some surprises...New Porn's high re-entry and Sleigh Bells new entry!
A slew of new and re-entries as, along with last week's inductees Dessa and JM,
we lost...Sia, Hold Steady, Delta Spirit and Avett Bros (from #6!)
 
 
TW LW Wks 8/12/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 10 Arcade Fire The Suburbs
2 1 7 LCD Soundsystem Dance Yrself Clean
3 9 12 Vampire Weekend Giving Up The Gun
4 7 2 Trampled By Turtles Victory
5 10 11 Florence and the Machine Dog Days Are Over
6 R 3 The New Pornographers Crash Years
7 5 6 Local Natives Airplanes
8 16 3 The National Terrible Love
9 3 3 The Black Keys Howlin' For You
10 12 4 Ray LaMontagne Beg Steal or Borrow
11 20 9 Broken Bells The Ghost Inside
12 11 2 Gorillaz Rhinestone Eyes
13 13 3 Dr.Dog Shadow People
14 R 3 M.I.A. XXXO
15 X 1 Sleigh Bells Crown On The Ground
16 R 10 MGMT Congratulations
17 14 9 Michael Franti and Spearhead Sound Of Sunshine
18 15 8 Band Of Horses Laredo
19 X 1 Mason Jennings Machines
20 X 1 Lindstrom and Christabelle Lovesick

CHART SHOW 8-05-10

Posted at 10:05 PM on August 5, 2010 by David Safar
Filed under: The Chart Show

We induct two new songs into the Chart Show Hall Of Fame this week...Dessa's "Dixon's Girl" and Jeremy Messersmith's "Violet!"

 

Trampled By Turtles  debut their second song, "Victory," and Gorillaz enter the chart at #11 with "Rhinestone Eyes." Delta Spirit and Michael Franti re-enter the chart this week. We lost M.I.A, Minus The Bear, Devo, and the New Pornographers.

 

LCD Soundsystem and Arcade Fire hold strong at #1 and #2.

 

TW LW Wks 8/5/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 6 LCD Soundsystem Dance Yrself Clean
2 2 9 Arcade Fire The Suburbs
3 6 2 The Black Keys Howlin' For You
4 4 12 Dessa Dixon's Girl
5 11 5 Local Natives Airplanes
6 12 2 The Avett Brothers Spanish Pipedream
7 X 1 Trampled By Turtles Victory
8 3 12 Jeremy Messersmith Violet!
9 5 11 Vampire Weekend Giving Up The Gun
10 8 10 Florence and the Machine Dog Days Are Over
11 X 1 Gorillaz Rhinestone Eyes
12 13 3 Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs Beg Steal or Borrow
13 16 2 Dr. Dog Shadow People
14 R 8 Michael Franti and Spearhead Sound of Sunshine
15 10 7 Band of Horses Laredo
16 7 2 The National Terrible Love
17 R 3 Delta Spirit Bushwick Blues
18 14 2 The Hold Steady The Weekenders
19 18 2 Sia Clap Your Hands
20 15 8 Broken Bells Ghost Inside

 

Chart Show 7-29-10

Posted at 10:01 PM on July 29, 2010 by David Safar
Filed under: The Chart Show

Numbers 1, 2 & 3 remain unchanged this week and The Black Keys make a strong debut with "Howlin' For You" at #6.  We lost Michael Franti's "Sound of Sunshine," and the voters picked The Avett Brother's John Prine cover, "Spanish Pipedream," over My Morning Jacket's version of "All The Best." Minus The Bear made a re-entry to the chart at #19 and M.I.A. holds on at #20 for another week.
TW LW Wks 7/29/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 5 LCD Soundsystem Dance Yrself Clean
2 2 8 Arcade Fire The Suburbs
3 3 11 Jeremy Messersmith Violet!
4 11 11 Dessa Dixon's Girl
5 9 10 Vampire Weekend Giving Up The Gun
6 X 1 The Black Keys Howlin' For You
7 X 1 The National Terrible Love
8 5 9 Florence and the Machine Dog Days Are Over
9 4 3 New Pornographers Crash Years
10 7 6 Band of Horses Laredo
11 8 4 Local Natives Airplanes
12 X 1 The Avett Brothers Spanish Pipedream
13 12 2 Ray LaMontagne and the Pariah Dogs Beg Steal or Borrow
14 X 1 The Hold Steady The Weekenders
15 10 7 Broken Bells Ghost Inside
16 X 1 Dr. Dog Shadow People
17 18 6 Devo  Fresh
18 X 1 Sia Clap Your Hands
19 R 3 Minus The Bear My Time
20 20 3 M.I.A. XXXO



Chart Show ... 7-22-10

Posted at 9:57 PM on July 23, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Phantogram are inducted into Chart HOFand LCD keeps dancing at #1. A debut by Kings Go Forth as their show in Minneapolis approaches. Florence and the Machine make a jump up the chart. We lost Minus The Bear and Lindstrom and Christabelle.
I'll be away on holiday for the next two weeks, thanks to Mac and david for taking care of
the Chart Show while I'm away. Stay cool and have tons of summer fun everyone!

 

TW LW Wks 7/22/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 4 LCD Soundsystem Dance Yrself Clean
2 3 7 Arcade Fire The Suburbs
3 9 10 Jeremy Messersmith Violet!
4 10 2 New Pornographers Crash Years
5 17 8 Florence and the Machine Dog Days Are Over
6 6 12 Phantogram Mouthful of Diamonds
7 2 5 Band of Horses Laredo
8 12 3 Local Natives Airplanes
9 7 9 Vampire Weekend Giving Up The Gun
10 16 6 Broken Bells The Ghost Inside
11 8 10 Dessa Dixon's Girl
12 X 1 Ray Lamontagne and The Pariah Dogs Beg Steal or Borrow
13 5 9 MGMT Congratulations
14 18 5 Frightened Rabbit Swim Until You Can't See Land
15 20 2 Delta Spirit Bushwick Blues
16 14 7 Michael Franti and Spearhead Sound of Sunshine
17 X 1 My Morning Jacket All The Best
18 15 5 Devo  Fresh
19 X 1 Kings Go Forth One Day
20 19 2 M.I.A. XXXO

Chart Show 7-15-10

Posted at 10:01 PM on July 15, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

The National are inducted and there's a new Number One!
The longest song ever to get to the top. We lost;
She & Him...again
The Hold Steady...again
Gogol Bordello...again!!
 
TW LW Wks 7/15/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 3 LCD Soundsystem Dance Yrself Clean
2 14 4 Band Of Horses Laredo
3 11 6 Arcade Fire The Suburbs
4 4 12 The National Bloodbuzz Ohio
5 6 8 MGMT Congratulations
6 7 11 Phantogram Mouthful of Diamonds
7 12 8 Vampire Weekend Giving Up The Gun
8 3 9 Dessa Dixon's Girl  
9 R 9 Jeremy Messersmith Violet!  
10 X 1 The New Pornographers Crash Years
11 17 2 Minus The Bear My Time
12 18 2 Local Natives Airplanes
13 X 1 Lindstrom and Christabelle Lovesick
14 R 6 Michael Franti and Spearhead Sound of Sunshine
15 R 4 Devo Fresh
16 10 5 Broken Bells The Ghost Inside
17 15 7 Florence and the Machine Dog Days Are Over
18 13 4 Frightened Rabbit Swim Until You Can't See Land
19 X 1 M.I.A. XXXO
20 X 1 Delta Spirit  Bushwick Blues
 
 

Chart Show 7-8-10

Posted at 10:01 PM on July 8, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Records being broken this week;
Most weeks at Number One, Five;
Most inductees to the Hall of Fame, Four;
Highest number of Re-Entries, Four.
So next week will see a record change over with new and re-entries and a new #1!
 
We lost Devo, Janelle Monae, Jeremy Messersmith and Michael Franti's 'Sunshine'
 
TW LW Wks 7/8/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 12 Trampled By Turtles Wait So Long
2 4 2 LCD Soundsystem Dance Yrself Clean
3 13 8 Dessa Dixon's Girl
4 3 11 The National Bloodbuzz Ohio
5 10 12 Cloud Cult Running with the Wolves
6 20 7 MGMT Congratulations
7 2 10 Phantogram Mouthful of Diamonds
8 14 12 Dawes When My Time Comes
9 6 12 The Black Keys Tighten Up
10 9 4 Broken Bells The Ghost Inside
11 11 5 Arcade Fire The Suburbs
12 16 7 Vampire Weekend Giving Up The Gun
13 12 3 Frightened Rabbit Swim Until You Can't See Land
14 R 3 Band Of Horses Laredo
15 R 6 Florence And The Machine Dog Days Are Over
16 R 2 She And Him Thieves
17 X 1 Minus The Bear My Time
18 X 1 Local Natives Airplanes
19 5 3 The Hold Steady The Sweet Part Of The City
20 R 2 Gogol Bordello Pala Tute

Chart Show; 7-1-10

Posted at 12:08 PM on July 2, 2010 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

Record Breaking Week! TBT have the most weeks at the top and Mumford & Sons
and The XX BOTH have their third songs inducted into the Hall of Fame!
We lost Florence and the Machine, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings and Band and
the Horses...again!  HAPPY HOLIDAY WEEKEND !!
 
 
TW LW Wks 7/1/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 11 Trampled By Turtles Wait So Long
2 2 9 Phantogram Mouthful of Diamonds
3 6 10 The National Bloodbuzz Ohio
4 X 1 LCD Soundsystem Dance Yrself Clean
5 R 2 The Hold Steady The Sweet Part of the City
6 8 11 The Black Keys Tighten Up
7 3 12 Mumford and Sons Winter Winds
8 7 8 Jeremy Messersmith Violet!
9 R 3 Broken Bells The Ghost Inside
10 4 11 Cloud Cult Running with the Wolves
11 9 4 Arcade Fire The Suburbs
12 16 2 Frightened Rabbit Swim Until You Can't See Land
13 5 7 Dessa Dixon's Girl
14 11 11 Dawes When My Time Comes
15 14 7 Janelle Monae Tightrope
16 15 6 Vampire Weekend Giving Up The Gun
17 19 5 Michael Franti and Spearhead Sound Of Sunshine
18 10 3 Devo Fresh
19 18 12 The XX VCR
20 13 6 MGMT Congratulations

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Chart Show ... 6-24-10

Posted at 7:49 PM on June 25, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

The Mumfords have been Trampled by Turtles again! That makes 3 weeks at #1.
In the next two weeks we'll have a large change over as 6 songs are destined for the
Chart Hall of Fame, if they manage to hang in there.
We lost Broken Bells with a massive evaporation of support, dropping out from #4!
LCD slip out with 'Drunk Girls' but a write-in vote is building for 'Dance Yrself Clean'.
 
Thanks to Mac 'Attack' Wilson for filling in so ably on the show this week...cheers.
 
GO TEAM USA!!!
 
TW LW Wks 6/24/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 10 Trampled By Turtles Wait So Long
2 3 8 Phantogram Mouthful of Diamonds
3 1 11 Mumford and Sons Winter Winds
4 12 10 Cloud Cult Running With The Wolves
5 13 6 Dessa Dixon's Girl
6 5 9 The National Bloodbuzz Ohio
7 7 7 Jeremy Messersmith Violet!
8 8 10 The Black Keys Tighten Up
9 9 3 Arcade Fire The Suburbs
10 20 2 Devo Fresh
11 17 10 Dawes When My Time Comes
12 R 2 Band of Horses Laredo
13 10 5 MGMT Congratulations
14 14 6 Janelle Monae Tightrope
15 6 5 Vampire Weekend Giving Up The Gun
16 X 1 Frightened Rabbit Swim Until You Can't See Land
17 X 1 Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings The Game Gets Old
18 15 11 The XX VCR
19 19 4 Michael Franti and Spearhead Sound Of Sunshine
20 11 5 Florence and the Machine Dog Days Are Over

The Chart Show ... 06-17-10

Posted at 9:00 PM on June 17, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Winter Winds has already spent 3 weeks at #1 and it's back to set a record, I think!
Big moves for Phantogram and The National and a high re-entry for Florence.
Stability everywhere else and only one new entry...the cats worked!!
The New Pornographers get inducted into the Hall of Fame.
 
We lost She & Him from last week.
 
SORRY!   Didn't post it last week so here's a double dose of Chart goodness...
 
TW LW Wks 6/17/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 10 Mumford and Sons Winter Winds
2 1 9 Trampled By Turtles Wait So Long
3 11 7 Phantogram Mouthful of Diamonds
4 9 2 Broken Bells The Ghost Inside
5 13 8 The National Bloodbuzz Ohio
6 3 4 Vampire Weekend Giving Up The Gun
7 10 6 Jeremy Messersmith Violet!
8 5 9 The Black Keys Tighten Up
9 7 2 Arcade Fire The Suburbs
10 4 4 MGMT Congratulations
11 R 4 Florence and the Machine Dog Days Are Over
12 12 9 Cloud Cult Running With The Wolves
13 16 5 Dessa Dixon's Girl
14 18 5 Janelle Monae Tightrope
15 14 10 Th XX VCR
16 15 3 LCD Sounsystem Drunk Girls
17 6 9 Dawes When My Time Comes
18 17 12 The New Pornographers Your Hands (Together)
19 19 3 Michael Franti and Spearhead Sound Of Sunshine
20 X 1 Devo Fresh
 
 
OK, OK GO can now be inducted into the Chart Show Hall of Fame. Great to see
TBT solidify their position with a massive turnout of fan support and it seems that
Arcade Fire have a massive amount of anticipation building for their new album and tour.
We lost The Hold Steady, Kate Nash and Florence and the Machine
 
TW LW Wks 6/10/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 8 Trampled By Turtles Wait So Long
2 7 9 Mumford and Sons Winter Winds
3 13 3 Vampire Weekend Giving Up The Gun
4 4 3 MGMT Congratulations
5 9 8 The Black Keys Tighten Up
6 6 8 Dawes When My Time Comes
7 X 1 Arcade Fire The Suburbs
8 11 12 OK GO This Too Shall Pass
9 X 1 Broken Bells The Ghost Inside
10 12 5 Jeremy Messersmith Violet!
11 10 6 Phantogram Mouthful of Diamonds
12 5 8 Cloud Cult Running With The Wolves
13 3 7 The National Bloodbuzz Ohio
14 17 9 The XX VCR
15 14 2 LCD Soundsystem Drunk Girls
16 R 4 Dessa Dixon's Girl
17 16 11 The New Pornographers Your Hands (Together)
18 8 4 Janelle Monae Tightrope
19 20 2 Michael Franti and Spearhead Sound of Sunshine
20 X 1 She and Him Thieves

Chart Show Top 20 ... 06-03-10

Posted at 2:31 PM on June 3, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Mumford gets their second entry into the Chart Hall of Fame even though the song

 'The Cave' was displaced from #1 this week by a local band of heroes!

We lost Band of Horses, Beach House and Dessa. Thanks for voting!!

TW LW Wks 6/3/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 7 Trampled By Turtles Wait So Long
2 1 12 Mumford and Sons The Cave
3 10 6 The National Bloodbuzz Ohio
4 17 2 MGMT Congratulations
5 4 7 Cloud Cult Running With The Wolves
6 11 7 Dawes When My Time Comes
7 3 8 Mumford and Sons Winter Winds
8 16 3 Janelle Monae Tightrope
9 6 7 The Black Keys Tighten Up
10 5 5 Phantogram Mouthful of Diamonds
11 9 11 OK GO This Too Shall Pas
12 7 4 Jeremy Messersmith Violet!
13 18 2 Vampire Weekend Giving Up The Gun
14 X 1 LCD Soundsystem Drunk Girls
15 13 3 Florence and the Machine Dog Days Are Over
16 15 10 The New Pornographers Your Hands (Together)
17 14 8 The XX VCR
18 8 5 Kate Nash Do Wah Doo
19 X 1 The Hold Steady The Sweet Part Of The City
20 X 1 Michael Franti and Spearhead Sound Of Sunshine

Chart Show Top 20 ... 5-27-10

Posted at 3:04 PM on May 27, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

After analysing the voting this week it's clear that M&S fans have not been voting
for both of the songs on the chart, they choose one or the other but rarely both. 
'The Cave jumped out with a big lead this week, which explains the big cheer at
The Varsity's sweltering hot show Tuesday!
Big moves from Phantogram and the Black Keys, who got to #3 in the top ten of the
Billboard Chart too with big first week sales. Another strong week for the locals.
Dropping out ... The Dead Weather, Gogol, Jonsi and Cold War Kids (that's twice!)
 
 
 
 
TW LW Wks 5/27/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 11 Mumford and Sons The Cave
2 4 6 Trampled By Turtles Wait So Long
3 1 7 Mumford and Sons Winter Winds
4 3 6 Cloud Cult Running With The Wolves
5 10 4 Phantogram Mouthful of Diamonds
6 13 6 The Black Keys Tighten Up
7 9 3 Jeremy Messersmith Violet!
8 8 4 Kate Nash Do Wah Doo
9 11 10 OK GO This Too Shall Pass
10 14 5 The National Bloodbuzz Ohio
11 6 6 Dawes When My Time Comes
12 7 3 Dessa Dixon's Girl
13 16 2 Florence and the Machine Dog Days Are Over
14 12 7 The XX VCR
15 8 9 The New Pornographers Your Hands (Together)
16 20 2 Janelle Monae Tightrope
17 X 1 MGMT Congratulations
18 X 1 Vampire Weekend Giving Up The Gun
19 X 1 Band of Horses Laredo
20 X 1 Beach House Zebra

Chart Show Top 20 ... 05-20-10

Posted at 1:48 PM on May 21, 2010 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

Nice that we have them at #1 & #2 when they come into the studio and play the
BIG sold out show, pretty crazy!
 
Cold War Kids re-entered after 5 weeks OFF the chart ...that's called a slow burn.
 
We lost Hold Steady, MGMT and Hockey.
 
TW LW Wks 5/20/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 6 Mumford and Sons Winter Winds
2 2 10 Mumford and Sons The Cave
3 4 5 Cloud Cult Running With The Wolves
4 5 5 Trampled By Turtles Wait So Long
5 8 8 The New Pornographers Your Hands (Together)
6 9 5 Dawes When My Time Comes
7 18 2 Dessa Dixon's Girl
8 16 3 Kate Nash Do Wah Doo
9 11 2 Jeremy Messersmith Violet!
10 10 3 Phantogram Mouthful of Diamonds
11 6 9 OK GO This Too Shall Pas
12 7 6 The XX VCR
13 12 5 The Black Keys Tighten Up
14 15 4 The National Bloodbuzz Ohio
15 R 3 Cold War Kids Santa Ana Winds
16 X 1 Florence and the Machine Dog Days Are Over
17 19 2 The Dead Weather Die By The Drop
18 X 1 Jonsi Go Do
19 20 2 Gogol Bordello Pala Tute
20 X 1 Janelle Monae Tightrope

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Chart Show Top 20 ... 5/13/10

Posted at 3:44 PM on May 13, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Mumford & Sons break another record, the first band to be #1 & #2 twice!!
 
Good slate of new entries and strong local showing, appropriate as we celebrated
Mn Music Weekend!
 
We lost; Spoon and Sharon Jones (again), Dr.Dog, Gayngs, & The Avett Brothers.
 
Yeasayer inducted into Hall of Fame for the second time!

 

 

TW LW Wks 5/13/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 5 Mumford and Sons Winter Winds
2 7 9 Mumford and Sons The Cave
3 2 12 Yeasayer O.N.E.
4 10 4 Cloud Cult Running With The Wolves
5 5 4 Trampled By Turtles Wait So Long
6 4 8 OK GO This Too Shall Pass
7 3 5 The XX VCR
8 6 7 The New Pornographers Your Hands (Together)
9 8 4 Dawes When My Time Comes
10 9 2 Phantogram Mouthful of Diamonds
11 X 1 Jeremy Messersmith Violet!
12 12 4 The Black Keys Tighten Up
13 19 8 MGMT Flash Delirium
14 11 5 The Hold Steady Hurricane J
15 14 3 The National Bloodbuzz Ohio
16 R 2 Kate Nash Do Wah Doo
17 17 8 Hockey Song Away
18 X 1 Dessa Dixon's Girl
19 X 1 The Dead Weather Die By The Drop
20 X 1 Gogol Bordello Pala Tute
 

Chart Show Top 20...05-06-10

Posted at 1:05 PM on May 6, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Mumford & Sons become the first band to have two different songs at #1 !

Big upward moves for The XX and New Pornographers and two new entries from

Gayngs and Phantogram.

Those lost in the vote...
Kate Nash and Frightened Rabbit who both only came in last week, we might see them bounce back; She & Him falling from the heady height of #5 after 5 weeks on, and The Magnetic Fields after 7 weeks.
 
'January Wedding' is the second Avett Brothers track to be inducted into the HOF.

 

TW LW Wks 5/6/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 4 Mumford and Sons Winter Winds
2 1 11 Yeasayer O.N.E.
3 15 4 The XX VCR
4 3 7 OK GO This Too Shall Pass
5 4 3 Trampled By Turtles Wait So Long
6 12 6 The New Pornographers Your Hands (Together)
7 7 8 Mumford and Sons The Cave
8 6 3 Dawes When My Time Comes
9 X 1 Phantogram Mouthful of Diamonds
10 8 3 Cloud Cult Running With The Wolves
11 10 4 The Hold Steady Hurricane J
12 11 3 The Black Keys Tighten Up
13 R 5 Spoon Mystery Zone
14 13 2 The National Bloodbuzz Ohio
15 R 2 Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings I Learned The Hard Way
16 X 1 Gayngs Gaudy Side of Town
17 9 7 Hockey Song Away
18 16 12 The Avett Brothers January Wedding
19 14 7 MGMT Flash Delirium
20 18 3 Dr. Dog Stranger
 
Sorry I missed posting the chart results last week, so here they are...
 
1 1 10 Yeasayer O.N.E.
2 5 3 Mumford and Sons Winter Winds
3 4 6 OK GO This Too Shall Pass
4 14 2 Trampled By Turtles Wait So Long
5 10 5 She & Him In The Sun
6 11 2 Dawes When My Time Comes
7 2 7 Mumford and Sons The Cave
8 3 2 Cloud Cult Running With The Wolves
9 8 6 Hockey Song Away
10 9 3 The Hold Steady Hurricane J
11 18 2 The Black Keys Tighten Up
12 12 5 The New Pornographers Your Hands (Together)
13 X 1 The National Bloodbuzz Ohio
14 20 6 MGMT Flash Delirium
15 16 3 The XX VCR
16 17 11 The Avett Brothers January Wedding
17 X 1 Frightened Rabbit Swim Until You Can't See Land
18 15 2 Dr.Dog Stranger
19 12 7 The Magnetic Fields You Must Be Out Of Your Mind
20 X 1 Kate Nash Do Wah Doo
 
 
More 'The' bands in the chart than ever before, not sure what that means?
One drop out this week was Spoon the other two places were inductees last week.
 
 

Chart Show Top 20 ... 4-22-10

Posted at 4:13 PM on April 23, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Brand new #1 bouyed by the ticket giveaway we have to assume, but they did well
to hold off the dual Mumford threat and the terrific debut by Cloud Cult!!
Dessa descends after 2 weeks at the top but does go into The Chart Hall of Fame,
along with Broken Bells who just hung on to make it in. Unfortunately Dawes with
'That Western Skyline' failed to stay in for the extra week to get inducted, their
new entry was a massive write in last week so it had to go on the ballot and might
have taken away from the other song...who's time has NOT come!
 
The other losers this week were; 
Rogue Valley, and Sharon Jones after only one week and Peter Gabriel after 8.
 
 
TW LW Wks 4/22/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 7 9 Yeasayer O.N.E.
2 4 6 Mumford and Sons The Cave
3 X 1 Cloud Cult Running With Wolves
4 8 5 OK GO This Too Shall Pass
5 2 2 Mumford and Sons Winter Winds
6 12 6 The Magnetic Fields You Must Be Out Of Your Mind
7 1 12 Dessa The Chaconne
8 14 5 Hockey Song Away
9 19 2 The Hold Steady Hurricane J
10 18 4 She & Him In The Sun
11 X 1 Dawes When My Time Comes
12 11 4 The New Pornographers Your Hands (Together)
13 17 4 Spoon Mystery Zone
14 X 1 Trampled By Turtles Wait So Long
15 X 1 Dr.Dog Stranger
16 5 2 The XX VCR
17 6 10 The Avett Brothers January Wedding
18 X 1 The Black Keys Tighten Up
19 4 12 Broken Bells The High Road
20 15 5 MGMT Flash Delirium

CHART SHOW HALL OF FAME ... 04-22-10

Dessa "The Chaconne" (4-22-10)
Broken Bells "The High Road" (4-22-10)
Vampire Weekend "Cousins" (4-15-10)
Mumford & Sons "Little Lion Man" (04/01)
The XX "Basic Space" (04/01)
The Avett Brothers' "Kick Drum Heart" (2/25)
Spoon "Written in Reverse" (2/25)
Yeasayer "Ambling Alp" (2/11)
Tegan and Sara "Hell" (2/4)
Vampire Weekend's "Horchata" (1/14)
The XX "Crystalised" (1/7)
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros "Home"
Rural Alberta Advantage "Don't Haunt This Place"
Mason Jennings "The Field" (12-17-09)

Chart Show Top 20 ... 04-15-10

Posted at 1:55 PM on April 15, 2010 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Vampire Weekend become the second band to be inducted twice into the

Chart Hall of Fame this week and Mumford & Sons set themselves up for having

AT LEAST three songs in there!

We lost; Malachai, Free Energy, Cold War Kids, Phoenix, and Johnny Cash

 

 

TW LW Wks 4/15/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 11 Dessa The Chaconne
2 X 1 Mumford and Sons Winter Winds
3 4 11 Broken Bells The High Road
4 2 5 Mumford and Sons The Cave
5 X 1 The XX VCR
6 5 9 The Avett Brothers January Wedding
7 3 8 Yeasayer O.N.E.
8 6 4 OK GO This Too Shall Pass
9 9 12 Vampire Weekend Cousins
10 19 11 Dawes That Western Skyline
11 12 3 The New Pornographers Your Hands (Together)
12 17 5 The Magnetic Fields You Must Be Out Of Your Mind
13 X 1 Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings I Learned The Hard Way
14 7 4 Hockey Song Away
15 16 4 MGMT Flash Delirium
16 8 8 Peter Gabriel Flume
17 16 3 Spoon Mystery Zone
18 10 3 She & Him In The Sun
19 X 1 The Hold Steady Hurricane J
20 X 1 Rogue Valley Red River of the North
 

Chart Show Top 20 ... 04-08-10

Posted at 2:05 PM on April 8, 2010 by Mark Wheat (6 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

Another local Number One!! Last week's inductees and Beach House dropping out

left space for 3 RE-entries. Thanks for voting, do it again for next week! Cheers.

 


TW LW Wks 4/8/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 3 10 Dessa The Chaconne
2 2 4 Mumford and Sons The Cave
3 6 7 Yeasayer O.N.E.
4 5 10 Broken Bells The High Road
5 9 8 The Avett Brothers January Wedding
6 8 3 OK GO This Too Shall Pass
7 7 3 Hockey Song Away
8 10 7 Peter Gabriel Flume
9 15 11 Vampire Weekend Cousins
10 R 2 She & Him In The Sun
11 11 7 Johnny Cash Ain't No Grave
12 12 2 The New Pornographers Your Hands (Together)
13 R 6 Phoenix Girlfriend
14 14 2 Cold War Kids Santa Ana Winds
15 16 3 MGMT Flash Delirium
16 R 2 Spoon The Mystery Zone
17 20 4 The Magnetic Fields You Must Be Out Of Your Mind
18 19 3 Free Energy Bang Pop
19 18 10 Dawes That Western Skyline
20 17 2 Malachai Snowflake

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Chart Show Top 20... 04-01-10

Posted at 3:23 PM on April 1, 2010 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
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Two more inductees to the Hall of Fame;
Mumford & Sons going out on top and The XX finishing strong at #2 adding to
"Crystalised" which is already inducted they become the first artist to have two
Hall of Fame songs.
A nice bump up the charts for Dessa welcoming her back to town after touring with
P.O.S which was not a surprise as I just started getting calls about that song!
Nice jump for Hockey too, Beach House are back and the highest new entry is
The New Pornographers.
We lost...Retribution Gospel Choir, Dan Black, Solid Gold and Spoon...no fooling!
 
Great Global Shout Out this week...  As they wait for the birth of their daughter

The Kliebes from Melbourne Australia to all their friends and family in Minneapolis.

Remember if you wanna Global Shout Out email me during the show next week!

Thanks heaps for listening!!

mw

 
TW LW Wks 4/1/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 12 Mumford and Sons Little Lion Man
2 4 12 The XX Basic Space
3 14 9 Dessa The Chaconne
4 2 3 Mumford and Sons The Cave
5 6 9 Broken Bells The High Road
6 9 6 Yeasayer O.N.E.
7 20 2 Hockey Song Away
8 8 2 OK GO This Too Shall Pass
9 5 7 The Avett Brothers January Wedding
10 10 6 Peter Gabriel Flume
11 16 6 Johnny Cash Ain't No Grave
12 X 1 The New Pornographers Your Hands (Together)
13 R 2 Beach House Norway
14 X 1 Cold War Kids Santa Ana Winds
15 3 10 Vampire Weekend Cousins
16 19 2 MGMT Flash Delirium
17 X 1 Malachai Snowflake
18 11 9 Dawes That Western Skyline
19 13 2 Free Energy Bang Pop
20 18 3 The Magnetic Fields You Must Be Out Of Your Mind
   

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Chart Show Top 20 ... 03-25-10

Posted at 7:21 PM on March 26, 2010 by Mark Wheat
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Thanks to Mac for hosting this week...just in time to see the return of his faves
The Magnetic Fields.
A couple of high new entries, but we unfortunately lost The Rural Alberta Advantage,
one week before they would be inducted!   Also out went;
Phantogram, Beach House (#1 CMJ this week),Phoenix,, She & Him and BRMC
who both were very high new entries last week? Weird.
 
AND...  for the first time ever, a band being #1 & #2 .
  
 
TW LW Wks 3/25/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 11 Mumford and Sons Little Lion Man
2 15 2 Mumford and Sons The Cave
3 12 9 Vampire Weekend Cousins
4 9 11 The XX Basic Space
5 2 6 The Avett Brothers January Wedding
6 4 8 Broken Bells The High Road
7 X 1 Spoon The Mystery Zone
8 X 1 OK GO This Too Shall Pass
9 14 5 Yeasayer O.N.E.
10 3 5 Peter Gabriel Flume
11 5 8 Dawes That Western Skyline
12 10 6 Retribution Gospel Choir Hide It Away
13 X 1 Free Energy Bang Pop
14 7 8 Dessa The Chaconne
15 13 3 Solid Gold One In A Million
16 16 5 Johnny Cash Ain't No Grave
17 20 2 Dan Black Symphonies
18 R 2 The Magnetic Fields You Must Be Out Of Your Mind
19 X 1 MGMT Flash Delirium
20 X 1 Hockey Song Away

Chart Show Top 20 ... 03-18-10

Posted at 6:19 PM on March 22, 2010 by Mark Wheat
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Two surprise high new entries for BRMC and S&H. Mumford & Sons survived at
Number One even though there was a new song of theirs to vote on (#15) and
Johnny Cash suffers one of the biggest declines ever!
We lost;  Lookbook, Lissie, Mason Jennings, Gorillaz and Hot Chip.
 
Next Week ... Mac Wilson's debut as host of the show!!
 
 
TW LW Wks 3/18/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 10 Mumford and Sons Little Lion Man
2 6 5 The Avett Brothers January Wedding
3 11 4 Peter Gabriel Flume
4 10 7 Broken Bells The High Road
5 5 7 Dawes That Western Skyline
6 3 10 The Rural Alberta Advantage Frank, AB
7 9 7 Dessa The Chaconne
8 X 1 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Beat The Devil's Tattoo
9 4 10 The XX Basic Space
10 17 5 Retribution Gospel Choir Hide It Away
11 X 1 She & Him In The Sun
12 7 8 Vampire Weekend Cousins
13 14 2 Solid Gold One In A Million
14 8 4 Yeasayer O.N.E.
15 X 1 Mumford and Sons The Cave
16 2 4 Johnny Cash Ain't No Grave
17 X 1 Beach House Norway
18 18 3 Phantogram When I Am Small
19 13 5 Phoenix Girlfriend
20 X 1 Dan Black Symphonies

Chart Show Top 20 ... 3-11-10

Posted at 12:13 PM on March 11, 2010 by Mark Wheat
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 It's fun to see so many bands on our chart selling out shows across the TC's !

This week the Number One band sold out their 5/25 show at The Varsity in minutes.

Sorry to lose Moby, The Magnetic Fields and Communist Daughter, but great to see

Cash tearing up the chart, will the young'uns be able to hold him off next week?

Tune in at 8pm on Thursday to find out!! 

 

TW LW Wks 3/11/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 9 Mumford and Sons Little Lion Man
2 4 3 Johnny Cash Ain't No Grave
3 2 9 The Rural Alberta Advantage Frank, AB
4 3 9 The XX Basic Space
5 5 6 Dawes That Western Skyline
6 9 4 The Avett Brothers January Wedding
7 7 7 Vampire Weekend Cousins
8 14 3 Yeasayer O.N.E.
9 6 6 Dessa The Chaconne
10 13 6 Broken Bells The High Road
11 10 3 Peter Gabriel Flume
12 8 6 Hot Chip Take It In
13 R 4 Phoenix Girlfriend
14 X 1 Solid Gold One In A Million
15 R 3 Gorillaz Stylo
16 16 2 Mason Jennings Lonely Road
17 11 4 Retribution Gospel Choir Hide It Away
18 15 2 Phantogram When I Am Small
19 18 2 Lissie Wedding Bells
20 17 2 Lookbook The Only Ones

Chart Show Top 20 ... 03-04-10

Posted at 2:25 PM on March 4, 2010 by Mark Wheat
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Five local entries this week, if we count RGC. That's the best showing so far.
But a return to the top spot for the buzz loaded Brits and some big jumps for
Johnny Cash, Dawes, Vampire Weekend and Peter Gabriel.
 
Free Energy told me this week they get pumped for going on by listening to
Peter Gabriel's 'Us". Then they covered BTO! 
 
I'll play some classic rock jams for my 'Get Ya Freak On' set Friday, got any faves?
 
We lost; Tegan and Sara, Midlake, Sad Brad, Fanfarlo and Cold War Kids.
 
1 2 8 Mumford and Sons Little Lion Man
2 9 8 The Rural Alberta Advantage Frank, AB
3 4 8 The XX Basic Space
4 16 2 Johnny Cash Ain't No Grave
5 20 5 Dawes That Western Skyline
6 R 5 Dessa The Chaconne
7 14 6 Vampire Weekend Cousins
8 R 5 Hot Chip Take It In
9 10 3 The Avett Brothers January Wedding
10 17 2 Peter Gabriel Flume
11 7 3 Retribution Gospel Choir Hide It Away
12 1 3 Communist Daughter Not The Kid
13 6 5 Broken Bells The High Road
14 15 2 Yeasayer O.N.E.
15 X 1 Phantogram When I Am Small
16 X 1 Mason Jennings Lonely Road
17 X 1 Lissie Wedding Bells
18 X 1 Lookbook The Only Ones
19 5 3 Moby One Time We Lived
20 X 1 The Magnetic Fields You Must Be Out Of Your Mind

The Chart Show Top 20 ... 2-25-10

Posted at 1:05 PM on February 25, 2010 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
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A local Number One!!!
Two more inductees to the Chart Hall of Fame, both ending their runs with nice
bounces up the chart...The Avett Brothers' "Kick Drum Heart" and Spoon!!
 
We lost Jay Farrar & Ben Gibbard, Dessa, Eels, Brandi Carlile and Hot Chip.
But it's not a bad week when you replace them with a couple of legends;
Peter Gabriel and Johnny Cash; a couple of hot young things, Yeasayer and
Fanfarlo; and the song that should've been an Oscar nominee from 'Up In The Air',
Sad Brad Smith's "Help Yourself" a new anthem for our Member drives?!

 

 

 

TW LW Wks 2/25/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 2 2 Communist Daughter  Not The Kid
2 1 7 Mumford and Sons Little Lion Man
3 15 12 Spoon Written In Reverse
4 4 7 The XX Basic Space
5 7 2 Moby One Time We Lived
6 3 4 Broken Bells The High Road
7 13 2 Retribution Gospel Choir Hide It Away
8 8 2 Midlake Acts of Man
9 11 7 The Rural Alberta Advantage Frank, AB
10 19 2 The Avett Brothers January Wedding
11 X 1 Sad Brad Smith Help Yourself
12 R 2 Fanfarlo Harold T Wilkins
13 16 12 The Avett Brothers Kick Drum Heart
14 14 5 Vampire Weekend Cousins
15 X 1 Yeasayer O.N.E.
16 X 1 Johnny Cash Ain't No Grave
17 X 1 Peter Gabriel Flume
18 18 2 Tegan and Sara The Cure
19 9 7 Cold War Kids Audience
20 6 4 Dawes That Western Skyline

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Chart Show Top 20 ... 02-18-10

Posted at 1:48 PM on February 18, 2010 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
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After a static chart last week we have the exact opposite this week!
Six new entries and one surprise re-entry. A huge local debut too.
And for the first time in a long while a band has two songs on the chart.
We lost; Jonsi, Arms Akimbo, Solid Gold, Edward Sharpe, Gorillaz, Phoenix
and the Hall of Fame inducted Yeasayer. 
 
 
 
TW LW Wks 2/18/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 6 Mumford and Sons Little Lion Man
2 X 1 Communist Daughter Not The Kid
3 10 3 Broken Bells The High Road
4 6 6 The XX Basic Space
5 R 3 Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard These Roads Don't Move
6 15 3 Dawes That Western Skyline
7 X 1 Moby One Time We Lived
8 X 1 Midlake Acts Of Man
9 3 6 Cold War Kids Audience
10 11 4 Eels Little Bird
11 8 6 The Rural Alberta Advantage Frank, AB
12 14 4 Dessa The Chaconne
13 X 1 Retribution Gospel Choir Hide It Away
14 4 4 Vampire Weekend Cousins
15 16 11 Spoon Written In Reverse
16 5 11 The Avett Brothers Kick Drum Heart
17 12 4 Hot Chip Take It In
18 X 1 Tegan and Sara The Cure
19 X 1 The Avett Brothers January Wedding
20 19 4 Brandi Carlile Dying Day

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Chart Show Top 20...02-11-10

Posted at 1:07 PM on February 11, 2010 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
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This is the most stable chart we have ever seen! No new entries.
Just one re-entry for Broken Bells and another new Number One!
It's Hall of Fame induction time again for Yeasayer's "Ambling Alp".
Two more are poised to join them in the next two weeks which will
happen if it stays as stable as this. It's great to see your support
through a voting process mirror the behaviour of sales charts.
It would still be nice to have more votes each week so...
make sure you vote evey week and tellya friends! Cheers.

TW LW Wks 2/11/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 3 5 Mumford & Sons Little Lion Man
2 2 12 Yeasayer Ambling Alp
3 1 5 Cold War Kids Audience
4 4 3 Vampire Weekend Cousins
5 6 10 The Avett Brothers Kick Drum Heart
6 15 5 The XX Basic Space
7 7 3 Edward Sharpe & the MZ's Carries On
8 8 5 The Rural Alberta Advantage Frank, AB
9 16 3 Phoenix Girlfriend
10 R 2 Broken Bells The High Road
11 7 3 Eels Little Bird
12 19 3 Hot Chip Take It In
13 14 6 Solid Gold Matter of Time
14 17 3 Dessa The Chaconne
15 20 2 Dawes That Western Skyline
16 5 10 Spoon Written In Reverse
17 9 4 The Arms Akimbo You Want To
18 10 2 Gorillaz Stylo
19 12 3 Brandi Carlile Dying Day
20 18 2 Jonsi Boy Lilikoi

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Chart Show Top 20 02-04-10

Posted at 2:14 PM on February 4, 2010 by Mark Wheat
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Congrats to another inductee to the Hall of Fame...Tegan & Sara's "Hell".

If Yeasayer stay on the chart next week they will be in too.

Four of these bands are playing SOLD OUT shows at First Ave in the next

2 months; The XX, Avett Brothers, Vampire Weekend and Spoon, good times!

 

TW LW Wks 2/4/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 8 4 Cold War Kids Audience
2 3 11 Yeasayer Ambling Alp
3 5 4 Mumford and Sons Little Lion Man
4 13 2 Vampire Weekend Cousins
5 9 9 Spoon Written in Reverse
6 4 9 The Avett Brothers Kick Drum Heart
7 10 2 Eels Little Bird
8 2 4 The Rural Alberta Advantage Frank, AB
9 11 3 The Arms Akimbo You Want To
10 X 1 Gorillaz Stylo
11 7 2 Edward Sharpe & the MZ's Carries On
12 15 2 Brandi Carlile Dying Day
13 17 12 Tegan and Sara Hell
14 R 5 Solid Gold Matter of Time
15 1 4 The XX Basic Space
16 16 2 Phoenix Girlfriend
17 14 2 Dessa The Chaconne
18 R 2 Jonsi Boy Lilikoi
19 R 2 Hot Chip Take It In
20 X 1 Dawes That Western Skyline

Chart Show Top 20...01-28-10

Posted at 2:22 PM on January 28, 2010 by Mark Wheat
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 Eight New Entries this week in a busy chart and a brand new Number One!

The XX are celebrating their 2nd success on our chart by being on the front of NME,

playing a huge festival in Adelaide, Australia and the announcement that they are

playing Saturday of Coachella. 2010 will be a big year for them.

TW LW Wks 1/28/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 3 3 The XX Basic Space
2 9 3 The Rural Alberta Advantage Frank, AB
3 1 10 Yeasayer Ambling Alp
4 7 8 The Avett Brothers Kick Drum Heart
5 5 3 Mumford & Sons Little Lion Man
6 X 1 Broken Bells The High Road
7 X 1 Edward Sharpe & the MZ's Carries On
8 4 3 Cold War Kids Audience
9 10 8 Spoon Written in Reverse
10 X 1 Eels Little Bird
11 13 2 Arms Akimbo You Want To
12 6 4 Kings of Convenience Boat Behind
13 X 1 Vampire Weekend Cousins
14 X 1 Dessa The Chaconne
15 X 1 Brandi Carlile Dying Day
16 X 1 Phoenix Girlfriend
17 8 11 Tegan and Sara Hell
18 19 2 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Even Heroes Have To Die
19 17 2 Jay Farrar and Ben Gibbard These Roads Don't Move
20 X 1 BK-One with Benzilla Gitit

Chart Show Top 20; 01-21-10

Posted at 1:30 PM on January 21, 2010 by Mark Wheat
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SORRY!!! To all the Vampire Weekend fans who voted for Horchata,

it would still be on the chart but should not have been on the ballot.

It's now in the Chart Hall of Fame after being on the chart for 12 weeks.

Solace can be taken by those fans with the news that the album went straight to

Number One on Billboard's sales chart this week, that's hooj!!

Congrats also to local band Arms Akimbo.

Out of nowhere they stormed on to the chart for the first time 

along with five other new entries and two big re-entries.

TW LW Wks 1/21/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 9 Yeasayer Ambling Alp
2 R 8 Julian Casablancas 11th Dimension
3 9 2 The XX Basic Space
4 13 2 Cold War Kids Audience
5 19 2 Mumford and Sons Little Lion Man
6 7 3 Kings of Convenience Boat Behind
7 4 7 The Avett Brothers Kick Drum Heart
8 8 10 Tegan & Sara Hell
9 R 2 The Rural Alberta Advantage Frank, AB
10 11 7 Spoon Written in Reverse
11 X 1 Hot Chip Take It In
12 10 4 Thao with the Get Down... When We Swam
13 X 1 The Arms Akimbo You Want To
14 16 7 The Heavy How You Like Me Now?
15 X 1 Jonsi Boy Lilikoi
16 X 1 Fanfarlo Harold T Wilkins
17 X 1 Jay Farrar & Ben Gibbard These Roads Don't Move
18 18 2 Tom Waits Goin' Out West
19 X 1 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists Even Heroes Have To Die
20 20 3 Blakroc Ain't Nothing Like You

The Chart Show Top 20; 01-14-10

Posted at 12:57 PM on January 14, 2010 by Mark Wheat
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Six new entries one BIG local re-entry, that ticket giveaway affect again!?

We lost; Lookbook, Portishead, Florence, Felt, Julian Casablancas, and the 3rd
song that has charted from The Rural Alberta Advantage and the inductee from last
week; The XX's "Crystalised".
 
This week Vampire Weekend's "Horchata" is inducted into the Hall of Fame!
 
TW LW Wks 1/14/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 8 Yeasayer Ambling Alp
2 2 12 Vampire Weekend Horchata
3 7 7 Jack Penate Pull My Heart Away
4 3 6 The Avett Brothers Kick Drum Heart
5 R 4 Solid Gold Matter of Time
6 6 5 Wilco I'll Fight
7 18 2 Kings of Convenience Boat Behind
8 11 9 Tegan & Sara Hell
9 X 1 The XX Basic Space
10 9 3 Thao with The Get Down ... When We Swam
11 5 6 Spoon Written in Reverse
12 16 2 Edward Sharpe & the MZ's Desert Song
13 X 1 Cold War Kids Audience
14 13 7 David Bazan Please Baby Please
15 X 1 The Swell Season Low Rising
16 17 6 The Heavy How You Like Me Now?
17 X 1 Dan Wilson Against History (live)
18 X 1 Tom Waits Goin' Out West (live)
19 X 1 Mumford & Sons Little Lion Man
20 10 2 Blakroc Ain't Nothing Like You

Chart Show Top 20 ... 01-07-10

Posted at 1:30 PM on January 7, 2010 by Mark Wheat (4 Comments)
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Over the holiday break there were many changes. We lost our first 3 inductees to the Chart Hall of Fame and Brother Ali, Solid Gold, Cold War Kids, Girls and Them Crooked Vultures.
 
The XX have achieved 12 weeks on the chart this week too, we have another inductee.

We started another tradition tonight of playing a Hall of Fame track right after the #1.

Tune in at 9pm now every week for a certified Massive Toon!

Vote for next week's chart and get a chance to join us at our 5th Birthday Party!

TW LW Wks 1/7/2010 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 4 7 Yeasayer Ambling Alp
2 3 11 Vampire Weekend Horchata
3 13 5 The Avett Brothers Kick Drum Heart
4 2 12 The XX Crystalised
5 19 5 Spoon Written In Reverse
6 R 4 Wilco I'll Fight
7 8 6 Jack Penate Pull My Heart Away
8 X 1 The Rural Alberta Advantage Frank AB
9 17 2 Thao with The Get Down... When We Swam
10 X 1 Blakroc Ain't Nothing Like You
11 7 8 Tegan & Sara Hell
12 X 1 Felt Protaganists
13 20 6 David Bazan Please Baby Please
14 11 7 Julian Casablancas 11th Dimension
15 15 9 Florence and the Machine Drumming Song
16 X 1 Edward Sharpe and the MZ's Desert Song
17 16 5 The Heavy How You Like Me Now?
18 X 1 Kings of Convenience Boat Behind
19 X 1 Lookbook The Only Ones
20 X 1 Portishead Chase the Tear

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The Chart Show Hall of Fame

Posted at 3:31 PM on January 5, 2010 by Mark Wheat (3 Comments)
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Ladies and Gentleman please give an ovation for the first three inductees into what we hope will grow into a list of your fave songs of all time, The Chart Show Hall of Fame!!

Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros "Home"
Rural Alberta Advantage "Don't Haunt This Place"
Mason Jennings "The Field"

These songs have been left off the ballot for this weeks show and in future any song that stays on the chart for 12 weeks will be inducted into the 'Hall'...now we have to start
thinking of where to build this hall, any ideas?!

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Chart Show Top 20 12-17-09

Posted at 4:30 PM on December 17, 2009 by Mark Wheat
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TW
 LW Wks 12/17/2009 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 10 Edward Sharpe... Home
2 3 9 The XX Crystalized
3 4 8 Vampire Weekend Horchata
4 6 4 Yeasayer Ambling Alp
5 2 10 Mason Jennings The Field
6 10 12 The Rural Alberta Advantage Don't Haunt This Place
7 11 5 Tegan & Sara Hell
8 9 3 Jack Penate Pull My Heart Away  
9 13 7 Brother Ali Fresh Air
10 17 3 Solid Gold Matter of Time
11 7 4 Julian Casablancas 11th Dimension
12 X 1 Cold War Kids Audience
13 8 2 The Avett Brothers Kick Drum Heart
14 R 2 Girls  Lust For Life
15 12 6 Florence and the Machine Drumming Song
16 18 2 The Heavy How You Like Me Now?
17 X 1 Thao with The Get Down Stay Down When We Swam
18 X 1 Them Crooked Vultures Mind Eraser No Chaser
19 16 2 Spoon Written in Reverse
20 20 3 David Bazan Please Baby Please

This is the last Chart Show of the decade!  We'll be doing special programming on the next two Thursday nights...Happy Holidays !!

 

Thanks for listening and don't forget to add your music taste to our grand daddy of a chart...

The Top 89

 

cheers

Chart Show Top 20 12-10-09

Posted at 3:12 PM on December 10, 2009 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
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Next week take you final chance to vote for you faves this year!

We are going to take the following two weeks off from The Chart Show

We have tons of special programming planned for the next two Thursdays.

Don't forget to vote for your faves of the year on our Top 89 page!!

One thing we might learn from this chart is who might be a front runner for the

Number One Song of the Year!?!?

Get those office pools going now and hope you pick Edward Sharpe!!

Happy Holidays Everyone!!

 

TW LW Wks 12/10/2009 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 9 Edward Sharpe Home
2 3 9 Mason Jennings The Field
3 2 8 The XX Crystalised
4 9 7 Vampire Weekend Horchata
5 5 3 Wilco I'll Fight
6 8 3 Yeasayer Ambling Alp
7 4 3 Julian Casablancas 11th Dimension
8 X 1 The Avett Brothers Kick Drum Heart
9 10 2 Jack Penate Pull My Heart Away
10 6 11 The Rural Alberta Advantage Don't Haunt This Place
11 R 4 Tegan & Sara Hell
12 17 5 Florence and the Machine Drumming Song
13 18 6 Brother Ali Fresh Air
14 11 10 Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson Relator
15 X 1 Kings Of Convenience Boat Behind
16 X 1 Spoon Written In Reverse
17 13 2 Solid Gold Matter Of Time
18 X 1 The Heavy How You Like Me Now?
19 X 1 The Big Pink At War With The Sun
20 20 2 David Bazan Please Baby Please

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Chart Show Top 20 12-03-09

Posted at 8:19 PM on December 3, 2009 by Mark Wheat
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This week it's another fresh chart with 6 new entries! The highest is a real slow burner that sounds like a classic from Jack Penate. The largest jump up the charts might make Julian change his mind, but his band The Strokes have just announced a string of festival dates for next year. The XX were in town this week and did a cool session for us. That might have fuelled their big jump too, I got lots of positive reviews of their sold out show. And if we can still claim Har Mar as ours, four local artists is the largest number ever! What a year it's been!

 

TW LW Wks 12/3/2009 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 7 Edward Sharpe... Home
2 11 7 The XX Crystalized
3 4 8 Mason Jennings The Field
4 20 2 Julian Casablancas 11th Dimension
5 5 2 Wilco I'll Fight
6 15 10 The Rural Alberta Advantage Don't Haunt This Place
7 14 2 The Avett Brothers Head Full of Doubt...
8 6 2 Yeasayer Ambling Alp
9 2 6 Vampire Weekend Horchata
10 X 1 Jack Penate Pull My Heart Away
11 3 9 Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson Relator
12 18 3 Har Mar Superstar Tall Boy
13 X 1 Solid Gold Matter of Time
14 X 1 Girls  Lust For Life
15 16 2 Them Crooked Vultures New Fang
16 X 1 Rodrigo Y Gabriela Buster Voodoo
17 12 4 Florence and the Machine Drumming Song
18 19 5 Brother Ali Fresh Air
19 X 1 Devendra Banhart Baby
20 X 1 David Bazan Please Baby Please

The Chart Show Top 20 11-26-09

Posted at 4:16 PM on November 25, 2009 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
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TW LW Wks 11/26/2009 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 7 Edward Sharpe Home
2 3 5 Vampire Weekend Horchata
3 8 8 Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson Relator
4 4 7 Mason Jennings The Field
5 X 1 Wilco I'll Fight
6 X 1 Yeasayer Ambling Alp
7 X 1 The Swell Season  Low Rising
8 X 1 Thom Yorke Hearing Damage
9 12 10 The Big Pink Dominos
10 6 5 Tegan & Sara Hell
11 7 6 The XX Crystalized
12 11 3 Florence and the Machine Drumming Song
13 15 9 Radiohead These Are MY Twisted Words
14 X 1 The Avett Brothers Head Full of Doubt...
15 17 9 The Rural Alberta Advantage Don't Haunt This Place
16 X 1 Them Crooked Vultures New Fang
17 r 5 Death Cab For Cutie Meet Me On The Equinox
18 20 2 Har Mar Superstar Tall Boy
19 r 4 Brother Ali Fresh Air
20 X 1 Julian Casablancas 11th Dimension

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!

We couldn't do this show without you so we're very thankful for our wonderful audience!

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The Chart Show Top 20 11-19-09

Posted at 7:30 PM on November 19, 2009 by Mark Wheat
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For the 5th week in a row our #1 blew everyone else away! 

Perhaps giving tickets away for their sold out show helped them this week? 

Congrats to the brand new #2 who played in town this week supporting Brendon Benson and reports suggested a storming show.

The Chart Show will be on Wednesday at 8pm next week because of Thanksgiving and you'll get a chance to win tickets to see The Swell Season Dec 5th at The State Theater.

 

TW LW Wks 11/19/2009 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 6 Edward Sharpe... Home
2 X 1 Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons Born Again
3 2 4 Vampire Weekend Horchata
4 8 6 Mason Jennings The Field
5 3 8 Weezer I Want You To
6 5 4 Tegan & Sara Hell
7 4 5 The XX Crystalised
8 6 7 Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson Relator  
9 11 2 Mason Jennings Ain't No Friend Of Mine
10 r 3 Brandi Carlile Dreams
11 19 2 Florence and the Machine Drumming Song
12 10 9 The Big Pink Dominos
13 16 9 Wilco You and I
14 X 1 Pearl Jam Just Breathe
15 14 8 Radiohead These Are My Twisted Words
16 r 7 Grizzly Bear While You Wait For The Others
17 12 8 The Rural Alberta Advantage Don't Haunt This Place
18 X 1 The Rural Alberta Advantage Drain The Blood
19 7 9 The Avett Brothers I and Love and You
20 X 1 Har Mar Superstar Tall Boy

11-12-09 Top 20

Posted at 2:24 PM on November 13, 2009 by Mark Wheat
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TW LW Wks 11/12/2009 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 5 Edward Sharpe Home
2 2 3 Vampire Weekend Horchata
3 6 7 Weezer I Want You To
4 5 4 The XX Crystalized
5 7 3 Tegan & Sara Hell
6 10 6 Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson Relator
7 11 8 The Avett Brothers I and Love and You
8 4 5 Mason Jennings The Field
9 18 6 Brother Ali Us
10 3 8 The Big Pink Dominos
11 X 1 Mason Jennings Ain't No Friend of Mine
12 12 7 The Rural Alberta Advantage Don't Haunt This Place
13 14 4 The Flaming Lips Silver Trembling Hands
14 16 7 Radiohead These Are MY Twisted Words
15 13 5 Death Cab For Cutie Meet Me On The Equinox
16 9 8 Wilco You and I
17 r 4 The Twilight Hours Queen of Tomorrow
18 X 1 Dinosaur Jr Pieces
19 X 1 Florence and the Machine Drumming Song
20 X 1 Built To Spill Hindsight

 

Four new entries (X) and one re-entry (r) this week and mason Jennings does it again!

He's the only artist to have two different songs on the chart and he's done it for 4 weeks. But now with three different songs?!?!  He plays at First Ave 11/29.

The Number One remains the same for the fourth week and again it's winning by a large margin.  Their show at The Varsity sold out weeks ago, but we'll be giving away tix on air all week and to one lucky winner who votes for The Chart.

Congrats to Ryan from Inver Grove Heights who is going to Dinosaur Jr. next week.

11-05-09 Top 20

Posted at 5:33 PM on November 5, 2009 by Mark Wheat (5 Comments)
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10-29-09 Top 20

Posted at 1:29 PM on October 29, 2009 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
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TW LW Wks 10/29/2009 The Current Chart Show
      Artist Song
1 1 3 Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros Home
2 4 5 Weezer I Want You To
3 X 1 Vampire Weekend Horchata
4 9 6 The Avett Brothers I and Love and You
5 7 6 The Rural Alberta Advantage Don't Haunt This Place
6 2 5 Wilco You and I 
7 X 1 Tegan & Sara Hell
8 R 3 Brother Ali Us
9 12 2 Mason Jennings Pittsburg
10 8 6 Radiohead These Are My Twisted Words
11 17 6 Regina Spektor  The Calculation
12 14 3 Mason Jennings The Field
13 11 2 The XX Crystalised
14 18 6 The Big Pink  Dominos
15 R 3 Gossip Love Long Distance
16 13 3 Pete Yorn &Scarlett Johansson Relator
17 16 6 Grizzly Bear While You Wait For The Others
18 15 3 Death Cab For Cutie Meet Me On The Equinox
19 3 4 The Twilight Hours Queen of Tomorrow
20 R 2 Modest Mouse Autumn Beds

The first time that the #1 has stayed the same! And the highest number of local artists,another record breaking chart, appropriate for our record breaking Member Drive week!

Congrats to Sarah from Uptown, she's the winner of the Chris Koza tickets AND a roomie of the famous cat Trogdor who came in 2nd in Looch's Critter Contest, what a day for her!?! 

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10-22-09 Top 20

Posted at 8:07 PM on October 22, 2009 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

TW LW Wks

1 11 2 Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros / Home
2 9 4 Wilco / You and I
3 1 3 The Twilight Hours / Queen Of Tomorrow
4 5 4 Weezer / (If You Are Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To
5 13 5 Pearl Jam / The Fixer
6 20 4 The Flaming Lips / Silver Trembling Hands
7 3 5 The Rural Alberta Advantage / Don't Haunt This Place
8 2 5 Radiohead / These Are My Twisted Words
9 7 5 The Avett Brothers / I and Love and You
10 x 1 Monsters of Folk / Dear God (Sincerely M.O.F.)
11 x 1 The XX / Crystalised
12 x 1 Mason Jennings / Pittsburg
13 8 2 Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson / Relator
14 10 2 Mason Jennings / The Field
15 15 2 Death Cab For Cutie / Meet Me On The Equinox
16 19 5 Grizzly Bear / While You Wait for the Others
17 6 5 Regina Spektor / The Calculation
18 12 5 The Big Pink / Dominos
19 16 5 Phoenix / Armistice
20 x 1 Eels / Prizefighter


Another first this week, Mason Jennings is the first artist to have two songs on the chart at the same time! Don't forget you can write in a song if you think we have missed something, that's another way we're getting your feedback through this show. Three weeks ago we had so many write in votes for Edward Sharpe that we added it to the list and look where it is this week! What a wonderful surprise to see such a new young band top a chart filled with 'veterans'! They will be at The Varsity Nov 29th.

AND thanks for all the support during the first day of our Member Drive, we had a ton of people joining during the show which is great too, when you join tell us that you like the chart show, we don't you're out there until you make the call...
1-800-227-2811 or click and join!
Cheers

Top 20 for October 16, 2009

Posted at 8:00 PM on October 15, 2009 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show


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r: Re-entry
x: New

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10 - 08 - 09 Top 20

Posted at 4:00 PM on October 8, 2009 by Mark Wheat (1 Comments)
Filed under: The Chart Show

CONGRATS to Madelaine of Minneapolis she's going to see Bob Mould next Tuesday.
THANKS to Dana from Woodbury for writing a long letter, the old fashioned way to say how much he liked the Chart Show idea, and that he thought I looked like Robert Smith or Edward Scissorhands when he first listened to me! You can send your Global Shout Out via email mwheat@mpr.org anytime of the week and then listen around 8.30 on the night that we run down the Top 20.

Lots of movement on the chart this week and a new layout...what'yathink?
The LW is Last Week's position and TW this week and WKS the number of weeks spent on the chart...and another brand new Number One! I wonder who will be the first to retain that spot?


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10 / 1 Chart Show Top 20

Posted at 8:11 PM on October 1, 2009 by Mark Wheat (2 Comments)
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A brand new Number One and 7 New Entries 3 of which are local a great second week of our Chart Show! Thanks to everyone who voted and congrats to Robin from Eagan, a huge Decemberists fan he'll be at The State next Friday.
A big thank you to Rosie listening in Australia where it's around Noon when we do the show, she sent the very first Global Shout Out to Evan in Maple Grove!
Send your special message to me where ever you are listening...mwheat@mpr.org

01 (UP 1) The Avett Brothers / I and Love and You
02 (UP 13) The Rural Alberta Advantage / Don't Haunt This Place
03 (DOWN 2) Grizzly Bear / While You Wait for the Others
04 (UP 4) Radiohead / These Are My Twisted Words
05 (UP 7) Eels / Prizefighter
06 ( - ) Imogen Heap / First Train Home
07 (DOWN 3) The Big Pink / Dominoes
08 (UP 12) Regina Spektor / The Calculation
09 (DOWN 6) Phoenix / Armistice
10 (UP 4) Muse / Uprising
11 *NEW* Mason Jennings / Ain't No Friend of Mine
12 (DOWN 3) Arctic Monkeys / Crying Lightning
13 *NEW* Sondre Lerche / Heatbeat Radio
14 *NEW* Brother Ali / Us
15 (DOWN 5) The Noisettes / Never Forget You
16 (DOWN 5) Pearl Jam / The Fixer
17 *NEW* The Twilight Hours / Queen of Tomorrow
18 *NEW* Gossip / Love Long Distance
19 *NEW* Moby / Pale Horses
20 *NEW* Blitzen Trapper / Silver Moon

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9 / 24 The Chart Show Top 20

Posted at 8:35 PM on September 24, 2009 by Mark Wheat
Filed under: The Chart Show

Thanks to all of those listeners who voted for our first Chart Show Top 20!
Congrats to Daphne in Eden Prairie who won the tickets this week. Next week we'll give you a chance to see The Decemberists and it will be even more fun because we'll be able to see whether songs went up or down! We'll also start a new tradition in honor of Kasey Kasem's long distance dedication... The Global Shout Out! Send a message to a friend where ever they are listening, put "Global Shout Out" as the title and drop me a line...mwheat@mpr.org

01 Grizzly Bear / While You Wait for the Others
02 The Avett Brothers / I and Love and You
03 Phoenix / Armistice
04 The Big Pink / Dominos
05 Wilco / You and I
06 Imogen Heap / First Train Home
07 Weezer / (If You Are Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To
08 Radiohead / These Are My Twisted Words
09 Arctic Monkeys / Crying Lightning
10 The Noisettes / Never Forget You
11 Pearl Jam / The Fixer
12 Eels / Prizefighter
13 The Flaming Lips / Silver Trembling Hands
14 Muse / Uprising
15 The Rural Alberta Advantage / Don't Haunt This Place
16 The Dead Weather / I Cut Like A Buffalo
17 Monsters of Folk / Say Please
18 Beastie Boys / Too Many Rappers
19 Modest Mouse / Autumn Beds
20 Regina Spektor / The Calculation

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